By ADONIJAH BOURNE, The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Simeon Booker, then a reporter for Jet magazine, was a witness to history on the day in 1955 when Mamie Till Mobley stared at the bloodied and bloated body of 14-year-old Emmett, her only child. Emmett Till had been visiting relatives in Mississippi, was said to […]

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