Justice Department Reopens Emmett Till Murder Investigation
Till, a black 14-year-old, was killed in Mississippi in 1955, and two white suspects were acquitted by an all-white jury. The men later confessed to the killings. No other suspect was charged.
Nearly 63 years after the brutal, racist killing of Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old from Chicago who was visiting family in Mississippi, the Justice Department has reopened the investigation into the killing.
The department says it has received "new information" in the case but cannot provide any details about the reactivated investigation.
The reopening was announced in an annual report to Congress in and widely reported on Thursday.
