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Cousin of Emmett Till Sues to Compel Sheriff to Arrest White Woman, 88, Whose 1955 Interaction With Boy Preceded His Lynching

Cousin of Emmett Till Sues to Compel Sheriff to Arrest White Woman, 88, Whose 1955 Interaction With Boy Preceded His Lynching
(Left) Emmett L. Till in a file photo. (AP Photo); (Right) Carolyn Bryant in 1955. Gene Herrick/AP Photo
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
2/12/2023|Updated: 2/12/2023
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A cousin of Emmett Till, the young black boy lynched in 1955 for approaching a white woman in Mississippi, filed suit in federal court demanding that a recently discovered arrest warrant from the era be served on the woman.

Till, a 14-year-old black boy from Chicago, was visiting relatives in Mississippi in 1955 when he was brutally killed.

Matthew Vadum
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