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Hey, did you read:
• That Willie Louis, who in 1955 braved intimidation and testified against Emmett Till's killers, died last week in Oak Lawn at age 76? (Despite Louis's testimony, an all-white Mississippi jury acquitted the two defendants; in a magazine article four months later, they admitted murdering Till, a 14-year-old who was visiting from Chicago.)…
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