By State Representative, Leon D. Young In 1955, the nation became transfixed with the brutal murder of Emmett Till. Till was a Black fourteen-year-old from Chicago, Illinois. The youth had … [Read more...]
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In memory of Emmett Louis Till
By Taki S. Raton “We’ve known his story forever, it seems. Maybe that’s because it’s a tale so stark and powerful that it has assumed an air of timelessness, something almost mythical,” says writer … [Read more...]