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American History

NNadir

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1. The horror of that case moves me deeply.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Nov 26, 2025, 10:14 AM

Nov 26

I cannot imagine the grief of Mamie Till Bradley, and her remarkable courage to show the world, with her son's open casket, exactly how unimaginable ugly racism is.

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New owner to open Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 26 OP

The horror of that case moves me deeply. NNadir Nov 26 #1

I hope this project happens and shocks our senses as this adm tries to whitewash our racist chapters Deuxcents Nov 26 #2

His lynching, lunch counter protests, Medgar Evers, etc. are my earliest memories, other than Silent Type Nov 26 #3