Emmett Till memorial full of bullet holes
This marks where 14-year-old Emmett Till’s body was found.
Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered in 1955 after allegedly whistling at a white woman. His body was thrown in the Tallahatchie River. The two white men responsible for his death were found “not guilty” by an all-white jury. Till’s death was a major moment in the civil rights movement, and his casket is now on display in the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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The sign marking the spot where Till’s body was removed from the river in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, now has over 50 bullet holes in it, according to WJTV, a local CNN affiliate.
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.