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The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
Wright Thompson
2024
An inaccurate Spanish map from the 1500s of the southeast of the United States.

To Understand Mississippi, I Went to Spain

The forces that would shape my home state’s violent history were set in motion by a 480-year-old map made by a Spanish explorer.
by Wright Thompson via The Atlantic
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on September 17, 2024
Barn where Emmett Till was killed

His Name Was Emmett Till

In 1955, just past daybreak, a Chevrolet truck pulled up to an unmarked building. A 14-year-old child was in the back.
by Wright Thompson via The Atlantic
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on July 22, 2021
The sun shining through the crown of a lone tree in an agricultural field.

What The Mississippi Delta Teaches Me About Home—And Hope

Finding struggle and resilience on a road trip through the birthplace of the blues.
by Wright Thompson via Fellow Travelers on January 6, 2020
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