The Justice Department confirmed this week that, based on unspecified “new information.” it is re-opening the case of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old African-American youth from Chicago who was kidnapped and killed in the town of Money, Mississippi back in 1955. Steve Hartman reports.
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The federal government has reopened its investigation into the murder of Emmett Till, a black teenager whose brutal murder in 1955 shocked the nation. The Justice Department said the decision was made after receiving “new information.” CBS News senior national correspondent Jim Axelrod reports.
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