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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago
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Gun used in Emmett Till's lynching is on display at museum 70 years later

The .45-caliber pistol used to lynch 14-year-old Emmett Till is now publicly displayed at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum seventy years after his murder.
fromThe Atlantic
4 days ago
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Seeing Emmett Till's Murder Weapon

J.W. Milam's pistol, believed by the FBI to have fired the shot that killed Emmett Till, is now displayed at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
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