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Black leaders and activists are calling the Justice Department's decision to reopen the 1955 Emmett Till murder case a bittersweet victory for civil rights.
While they are certainly pleased that the U.S. Justice Department has reopened the investigation in the Till murder case, several Black leaders are saddened that it has taken nearly 50 years.
NAACP President Kweisi Mfume said: "Clearly for those of us who over the years have remained convinced that this murder should be revisited, this is a day of mixed emotions. I am glad the case is being reopened, but it is sad that it has taken so long."
The Department of Justice, along with the Mississippi District Attorney's Office for the 4th District recently announced the opening on the investigation of Till, a 14-year-old Black Chicago resident who was kidnapped and murdered in August 1955 while he visited family in Money, MS.
The Department will join local law enforcement officials to investigate whether any prosecutions remain possible under state law (JET, May 24).
"We owe it to Emmett Till, and we owe it to ourselves to see whether after all these years, some additional measure of justice remains possible," said R. Alexander Acosta, assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division.
Till was kidnapped and murdered on or about August 28, 1955, by two White men, Roy Bryant and his half-brother, J.W. Milani, after Till allegedly whistled at Bryant's wife, Carolyn, while shopping at the Bryants' store. An all-White and all-male jury acquitted the two men of the murder. The two men...
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