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Journalist Thompson (Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last) offers a stunning history of the brutal 1955 torture and murder of 14-year-old Black teenager Emmett Till, who was lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Thompson, whose family farm is located just 23 miles away from where Till was killed, notes that Mississippi's response to Till's death (particularly in white communities) has largely been silence; the sh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More