A family member of Emmett Till says that many questions remain unanswered following the release of thousands of federal records tied to Till's lynching in 1955.

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The U.S. Department of Justice last week made public more than 6,000 pages of documents from its investigation into the case. Till’s cousin, Priscilla Till, said many of the files were heavily redacted, leaving her with questions about why information is still being withheld 70 years later.

“They are not within the files, and I’m trying to figure out as a family member, why don’t we have that information? Why did the Department of Justice come see us days before releasing the files? This was done purposefully,” Priscilla Till said.

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