Simeon's Story

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Across
  1. 1. This woman attended the dedication of Emmett Till Road in Chicago in 1991.
  2. 6. This bill created a cold case unit at the Justice Department to investigate unsolved cilvi rights murders that happened before 1970.
  3. 8. The enforced separation of different racial groups.
  4. 10. The number of brothers and sisters Simeon had.
  5. 11. He went to Chicago in 1966 to expand the Civil Rights Movement. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
  6. 13. Emmett Till's murder was one of the events that helped start this movement.
  7. 14. Mother of Emmett Till. She wanted an open casket funeral to show the world what happened to her son.
  8. 15. The cousin of Emmett Till who tells the story.
  9. 18. Brother of Carolyn Bryant and one of the men who killed Emmett Till.
  10. 19. The city where Emmett Till was from
  11. 20. In 2004, this organization discovered the death bed confession of Lelsie Milam, the brother of J. W. Milam who confessed his part in the murder.
Down
  1. 2. Segregation group that made it possible for white citizens to intimidate and murder black citizens.
  2. 3. The name of Simeon's father. He was a religious man.
  3. 4. Date Month and day Emmett Till died
  4. 5. Wright The name of Simeon's mother. She left the family after Emmett's death.
  5. 7. The name of the woman who accused Emmett Till of whistling at her.
  6. 9. He was kidnapped and murdered in 1955.
  7. 12. Racial segregation laws in the southern United States.
  8. 16. The state Emmett Till was visiting when he was murdered.
  9. 17. Husband of Carolyn Bryant and and one of the men who killed Emmett Till.
  10. 19. The relationship between Emmett and Simeon.