On this day in 1955

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On this day in 1955

Sept. 21, 1955 Moses Wright points at J.W. Milam as one of the kidnappers of his great-nephew, Emmett Till. Ernest Withers defied a judge’s orders and took this photo. Credit: Wikipedia Moses Wright took the witness stand and identified the men who kidnapped and killed his great-nephew, Emmett Till.  “It was the first time in my life I had the courage to accuse a white man of a crime, let alone something terrible as killing a boy,” Wright said l…