October 22, 2021
Riddled with bullet holes, the River Site sign on the Emmett Till will stand for three months in the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., before returning to its final resting place in the Mississippi Delta. Photo by Taylor McKay Hathorn
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Civil Rights
They Said Emmett Till’s Name to Me. Now, I Say it for Myself.
"As the Smithsonian reminds us, the past will never really be past if we don’t drag it into the light of day."
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