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Emmett Till’s cousin reflects on his life and tragic death (Part 1)
History remembers Emmett Till for the brutal, unthinkable way he died — a 14-year-old beaten and lynched after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in 1955 Mississippi. NBC News’ Blayne Alexander sat down with his cousin Reverend Wheeler Parker who shares his memories of how Till lived.