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Recently a picture of Emmett Till’s Memorial site covered in bullet holes are now online. Social media has shared the picture multiple times and express their disgust over the racially divided nation.

Emmett Till

Source: Kieth Beauchamp / Till the Movie

Emmett Till was murdered in 1955, his body was found near the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi. During these racially divided times, the African American community went into an uproar about the killing young Till. With the feeling a hate still lingering years later the bullet riddled memorial sign brings heavy hearts together to restore the sign.

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