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Time passes after teenager killed for whistling at white woman

Killing commemorated on 60th anniversary Killing commemorated on 60th anniversary (AP)

Relatives and civil rights activists are marking the 60th anniversary after a black Chicago teenager is killed for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. Emmett Till's battered body was found in a river in 1955 with bullet hole in his head and barbed wire around his neck. His mother insisted on an open casket funeral to shock the nation. Participants in a Friday church service in Chicago will include the mother of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin.

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