No Justice for Emmett Till

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What did Emmett Till’s family not get?

Justice for his murder.

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What happened after the trial?

Black people continued to be murdered in Mississippi and the killers were rarely convicted.

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Name an example of the continuity in the south’s treatment:

NAACP’s leader George W. Lee was murdered in 1955 and his murder remains unsolved.

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What did media reporting of these injustices lead to?

A public outcry and the growth of the civil rights movement.

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What did NAACP produce?

A booklet in 1955 called “M is for Mississippi and Murder”

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Why did NAACP produce a booklet?

To show the murders of black people in Mississippi in that year that went unpunished.