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Till's murder was so brutal that it energized the modern Civil Rights Movement, prompting Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis, and so many countless others, black and white, to refuse to tolerate the deep seated racism that afflicted our society.

Janet Langhart Cohen: America's History Janet Langhart Cohen 2011

Till's murder was so brutal that it energized the modern Civil Rights Movement, prompting Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis, and so many countless others, black and white, to refuse to tolerate the deep seated racism that afflicted our society.

Janet Langhart Cohen: America's History Janet Langhart Cohen 2011

"It's impossible to overstate the enormity of Till's and McCulloch's discovery and longtime collaboration," Dr. Christopher Paige of the Ontario Cancer Institute, where the pair worked, said in a statement.

Ernest McCulloch dies: Scientist who first identified stem cells was 84 Thomas Maugh II 2011

"It's impossible to overstate the enormity of Till's and McCulloch's discovery and longtime collaboration," Dr. Christopher Paige of the Ontario Cancer Institute, where the pair worked, said in a statement.

Ernest McCulloch dies: Scientist who first identified stem cells was 84 Thomas Maugh II 2011

Till's body was loaded back into the bed of the truck.

Dexter Rogers: Death in Mississippi: Lynching or Suicide? Dexter Rogers 2011

Till's murder was so brutal that it energized the modern Civil Rights Movement, prompting Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis, and so many countless others, black and white, to refuse to tolerate the deep seated racism that afflicted our society.

Janet Langhart Cohen: America's History Janet Langhart Cohen 2011

The word spread quickly around town about Till's alleged actions.

Dexter Rogers: Death in Mississippi: Lynching or Suicide? Dexter Rogers 2011

And it affected every Black person I know near my own mid-forties age, because Jet Magazine would annually run that photo on the anniversary of Till's death for many years afterward.

Miss Ashley and Her Chifferobe...Busted. 2008

And if you are a Black person born between 1900 and 1970 or so, you remember, as sure as you remember your name — where you were and who you were with when you saw that infamous picture of Till's shattered "body" in the open casket (WARNING — NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH) his mother insisted he be seen in by all who could.

Miss Ashley and Her Chifferobe...Busted. 2008

And it affected every Black person I know near my own mid-forties age, because Jet Magazine would annually run that photo on the anniversary of Till's death for many years afterward.

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