Alveda King slams USA Today columnist for invoking Emmett Till in Caitlin Clark piece: 'Pure race-baiting'

Alveda King, civil rights activist and niece of Martin Luther King Jr., said that USA Today columnist Nancy Armour invoked Emmett Till in a column about basketball player Caitlin Clark's impact on the WNBA. King characterized Armour's column as race-baiting intended to provoke emotional response. Armour's column drew the connection between Till, a Black teenager killed in 1955, and Clark, a white basketball player. King did not elaborate on the specific claims made in Armour's piece.

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