Previous markers for black teen murdered in 1955 by Tallahatchie river in Mississippi were vandalised
A new memorial to Emmett Till was dedicated on Saturday in Mississippi after previous historical markers were repeatedly vandalized.Till, 14, was kidnapped, beaten and killed in 1955, hours after he was accused of whistling at a white woman. His body was found in a river days later. An all-white jury in Mississippi acquitted two white men of murder charges.Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Memorial Commission, said the new marker was dedicated on Saturday.
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