Emmett Louis Till, 14, with his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, at home in Chicago.

Emmett Louis Till, 14, with his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, at home in Chicago.

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Injustice of Emmett Till's murder resonates to this day

"The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine," goes the saying. For the brutal killing of Emmett Till in 1955, just how fine those wheels will grind remains to be seen even to this day.