| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:crime 
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                                | gptkbp:accusedOf | allegedly whistled at Carolyn Bryant 
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                                | gptkbp:age | 14 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Murder_of_Emmett_Till 
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                                | gptkbp:bodyDiscovered | gptkb:Tallahatchie_River 
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                                | gptkbp:bodyIdentifiedBy | gptkb:Mamie_Till-Mobley 
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                                | gptkbp:confession | Bryant and Milam confessed in Look magazine (1956) 
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                                | gptkbp:criminalActivity | gptkb:murder 
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                                | gptkbp:date | August 1955 
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                                | gptkbp:federalInvestigation | reopened in 2004 closed in 2021
 
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                                | gptkbp:funeralLocation | gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois 
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                                | gptkbp:impact | inspired activism and protests 
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                                | gptkbp:judge | all-white, all-male jury 
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                                | gptkbp:legacy | gptkb:Emmett_Till_Antilynching_Act_(2022) 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:Money,_Mississippi,_USA 
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                                | gptkbp:mediaCoverage | widespread national and international attention 
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                                | gptkbp:openCasketFuneral | true 
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                                | gptkbp:perpetrator | gptkb:J.W._Milam gptkb:Roy_Bryant
 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement gptkb:NAACP
 gptkb:Mamie_Till-Mobley
 
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                                | gptkbp:result | acquittal of defendants 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement 
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                                | gptkbp:subjectOf | books documentaries
 films
 museum exhibits
 artworks
 
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                                | gptkbp:trialDate | September 1955 
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                                | gptkbp:verdict | not guilty 
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                                | gptkbp:victim | gptkb:Emmett_Till 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Chicago_Defender 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Emmett Till case 
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