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Law school students visit Emmett Till memorial in Sumner

The Ole Miss School of Law chartered a bus to Sumner on Friday, to visit the Tallahatchie County Courthouse and Emmett Till Interpretive Museum. The visit came in response to the photo

September 9, 2019

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Students in racist photo do not represent the university, Sparks says

Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks said in a statement released Friday afternoon that the students seen in a photo in front of a bullet-riddled Emmett Till memorial do not represent the values of

July 26, 2019

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Justice Dept. reopens Emmett Till murder investigation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi shocked the world and helped inspire the

July 12, 2018

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