It’s been exactly 70 years since Emmett Till was killed, and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History has announced it’s acquired the gun used in the senseless murder.

“The gun is the central artifact in one of the most important stories in Mississippi history and American history,” said Michael Morris of the Two Mississippi Museums, where the weapon and its holster are now on display along with other artifacts related to Till.

The Foundation for Mississippi History acquired the artifacts for donation to MDAH before turning them over to the museums in Jackson.

Both the gun and its holster were owned by J.W. Milam. Milam, who along with his half-bother and Carolyn’s husband Roy Bryant, murdered the 14-year-old Till after the Black teenager from Chicago was wrongfully accused of

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