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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country has signed “Emmett Till Antilynching Act” into law?
A
Germany
B
Russia
C
UK
D
USA
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -While visiting his relatives in Mississippi, Till went to the Bryant store with his cousins, and may have whistled at Carolyn Bryant. Her husband, Roy Bryant, and brother-in-law, J.W. Milam, kidnapped and brutally murdered Till, dumping his body in the Tallahatchie River.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the summer of 1955, 14-year-old African-American Emmett Till had gone on vacation from Chicago to visit family in Money, Mississippi. He was shopping at a store owned by Roy and Carolyn Bryant-and someone said he possibly whistled at Mrs. Bryant, a white woman.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aftermath. The lynching of James Dillard is one of the first events in which a governor enacted the 1899 Indiana anti-lynching law.

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