August 2, 2019
The sign near the University of Mississippi notes the place where murderers dumped the ravaged body of 14-year-old Emmett Till in the Tallahatchie River in 1955—apt punishment, his murderers thought, for whistling at a white woman. Photo courtesy Simeon Wright
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OPINION: After Emmett Till Mockery, 'Ole Miss' Needs A Culture Where Reconciliation Possible
Even though we were based at "Ole Miss," often the hardest work I did was at the university. Time and again I was directed not to engage in issues of ...
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