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   D. Elisabeth Glassco (deglassco@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Dec-2024 12:22:49 JST D. Elisabeth Glassco

   The building where Emmett Till was tortured and murdered is located in Drew, Mississippi on a plantation that was once owned by Leslie Milam, the brother of one of the murderers, JW Milam and Roy Bryant. Although most people believe that Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi (LeFlore County), he was actually killed in this barn, some 30 miles away in Sunflower County. 1/15
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     D. Elisabeth Glassco (deglassco@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Dec-2024 06:46:14 JST D. Elisabeth Glassco

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     The story of this place, this barn, shows the depths of racial terror experienced by black Americans in the south and the efforts to erase the evidence, as well as the lingering cultural amnesia surrounding the 14-year-old’s murder. 2/15