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Civil Rights Web quest

~Emmet Till~

1. Why was Emmet Till murdered?

2. What happened to his killers?

User Tony Wu
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1. Emmet Till was brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman while visiting family in Mississippi, he was accused of harassing a local white woman in racist attack

2. Both of his killers Bryant and Milan was found not guilty for kidnapping and killing Emmet till and was protected by double jeopardy, they both later on went on to admit they had killed till in a interview

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