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Smithsonian Exhibit of Desecrated Emmett Till Sign Extended Unite Nov. 2

     On display at the NMAH since Sept. 3 – now extended until Nov. 2 – the exhibit has been a stark reminder that America continues to harbor the same evils that caused the death of the 14-year-old Chicago teenager, who was mutilated by White supremacists in Mississippi on August 28, 1955. Hartig says the exhibit is part of the vision being established by Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian’s first African American secretary and the first African American to lead the institution of 19 museums, founded in 1836. […]