The Story of Emmett Till is the Story of America

The hidden past explains our divided present.

Aug 26, 2023

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On August 14, 2023, six white former Mississippi policy officers plead guilty to torturing two Black men with tasers and a sex toy for 90 minutes, after kicking in the door to the men’s home without a warrant. The group, which dubbed itself “the goon squad,” taunted them with racial slurs, telling the men to “stop taking advantage of a white woman who l…

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