Gun Used In Emmett Till's Lynching On Display In Civil Rights Museum

The gun used in the lynching of Emmett Till, which for years had been hidden, is currently on display in an exhibit at a Mississippi civil rights museum.

According to CNN, the .45 caliber pistol is currently displayed as part of an exhibit at the state's Two Mississippi Museums, comprised of the interconnected Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. Writer Wright Thompson told The Atlantic he received a tip about the gun and found it "sitting in a safe-deposit box" at a Mississippi bank.... Read more


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