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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Simeon Wright, Emmett Till’s cousin, tells his eyewitness account Sunday of Till’s story to community members at an Evanston church. Wright said the story of his death is still being told inaccurately after almost 60 years.

Emmett Till’s cousin gives eyewitness account of relative’s death, says little has changed

April 26, 2015

Almost 60 years have passed since the murder of Emmett Till, but people still do not tell his story accurately, Till’s cousin Simeon Wright said Sunday in Evanston. Through a retelling of his eyewitness...

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Simeon’s Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till