The sign placed at the site where Emmett Till’s body was found was discovered ridden with bullet holes.
via WJTV:
The historical site has gotten a lot of online attention after Kevin Wilson Jr. posted a picture of the damage on Facebook.
Now, the Emmett Till Interpretative Project is raising money to get the sign replaced.
The sign has more than 40 holes in it currently. Those who oversee the Till Memory Project, are collecting the donations. They said if they reach 10 percent of their goal, they can replace the sign. If they reach the entire goal, they can update the sign and develop a smartphone app that has GPS tracking that will connect them to other marked sites.
WJTV’s Malary Pullen talked with Wilson, who posted the photo online.
“That marker was just evidence that there are people who are still living in those areas who still hold those ideologies dear to their heart,” he said. “Ideology that we’re trying to get away from.”
We’re told that the sign has been vandalized in the past. The first time it was vandalized was back in 2008. No one has ever been arrested for vandalizing the sign.
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