"The Barn," on the lynching of Emmett Till, and an evil hiding in plain sight
In his new book, author Wright Thompson examines the site of the notorious 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, and a ...
Skagit Valley Herald7 天
An exhibition and a book revisit the life and death of Emmett Till
CHICAGO — Of the many people whose lives still cast shadows on our history, one of them is that of a little boy, a 14-year-old named Emmett Till who left Chicago full of playful life and ...
Chicago Tribune21 天
Column: An exhibition and a book revisit the life and death of Emmett Till
“Throughout (the book) the heart and mind are full to bursting with depth of feeling and depth of thought. I can’t imagine a more beautiful creation.” When Emmett Till’s body was returned ...
Column: An exhibition and a book revisit the life and death of Emmett Till
Of the many people whose lives still cast shadows on our history, one of them is that of a little boy, a 14-year-old named ...
"The Barn": A murder in Mississippi, and the evil hiding in plain sight
In his new book "The Barn," author Wright Thompson, also a fifth-generation Mississippi Delta cotton farmer, examines the ...