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Charles M Blow: "Never going to forget what they did to Emmett. Think abt it ALL the time."
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Charles M. Blow ✔ @CharlesMBlow
Never going to forget what they did to Emmett. Think abt it ALL the time. Ppl often joke abt me telling that woman to keep her hands of me on tv. Hell, I was thinking abt Emmett then. How dare u argue access to my body; they killed Emmett bc they thought he FLIRTED w/ a wht woman
CRMC @CivilRightsCntr
Emmett Till's killers confessed to murdering him in a Look Magazine article published on this day in 1956. When they were eventually charged with his murder, an all-white, all-male jury acquitted them after deliberating for little over an hour.
1:58 PM - Jan 24, 2020
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