hatred that they have experienced. so i just know that we are working very hard, our family, many many of our family members to try to move things forward, just as they would want us to do. emmett did not really know what he was getting into, none of us really understand this part of the dna in america, he hatred. so it is unheard of, it is unexpected, certainly not something we are trained to deal with in our country. we had a blueprint for it, i don t think we would be sitting here talking about the same things that were talked about in 1955. right. last question to you in the time we have left, miss watts, a statue of emmett was unveiled in greenwood, mississippi on friday. i would love to get your thoughts on that. yes.
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research and the investigation, i should say, but they decided not to bother her because she had young children. so, yes, absolutely, carolyn bryant donham was an accomplice in the kidnapping. we understand, also, with an admission that she gave to the former fbi investigator, dan killing her, that she admitted that to other young men were brought to her to identify them as being the boy. and she denied that there where that person. but of course, we understand, there had to be identification of emmett because he was the one kidnapped and he was the one that was eventually lynched unfortunately. debra watts, this is a fascinating story. i know that him until remains on your mind all the time as a cousin of his. i think that he remains in the minds and hearts of most of america, particularly black america. our hearts go to you and we
and a family member told our sara sidner, i cried, we cried, we hugged, debra watts, emmett s cousin told cnn, and if you think about this, this warrant has now been certified so we know it s real. the big question is, will an arrest be made? when you think about how transformative this moment was, r when the pictures were shown of emmett till back in 1955, sitting in that casket after he was kidnapped, beaten, tortured and killed, this really changed the civil rights movement for this entire country and it was that moment where so many people galvanized and got in the streets and started making change, but since then, his family has never stopped fighting for justice, and we know there s been open investigations since then but if you think about this, in greenwood, mississippi, here s a family in the bottom of the courthouse, in the basement, looking through records, and they find this, and now, of course, they re still calling for justice at this point. so, we ll have to see how it p