Thursday, August 30, 2018

Holding History Hostage: One Family's Quiet Attempt to Erase Their Father's Part in Emmett Till's Story

If there was ever an inverse example of a Confederate monument, it might be the Lorraine Motel, the Memphis motel on whose balcony Martin Luther King stood when a bullet struck down the most famous leader of the civil rights movement. Or maybe it is the 16th Street Baptist Church, the Birmingham, Ala. house of worship…

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If there was ever an inverse example of a Confederate monument, it might be the Lorraine Motel, the Memphis motel on whose balcony Martin Luther King stood when a bullet struck down the most famous leader of the civil rights movement. Or maybe it is the 16th Street Baptist Church, the Birmingham, Ala. house of worship…

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