Dart: Mastermind Pocketed Emmett Till Fund Money
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During a Thursday afternoon press conference regarding the desecration of hundreds of bodies at a south suburban cemetery, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart alleged that the mastermind of the scheme, Carolyn Towns, accepted and pocketed money given to her for an Emmett Till Memorial Fund that she had created on her own.
Emmett Till was a Chicago boy whose murder in 1955 was a touchstone moment in the American Civil Rights Movement. He, along with boxing great Ezzard Charles and blues legends Willie Dixon and Dinah Washington, are buried at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip.
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