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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
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
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

The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

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Collage of people involved in and aspects of Emmett Till's murder.

Masculinity and the Murder of Emmett Till

While working on the Smithsonian's Till exhibit, I learned how ideas about masculinity factored into the boy's murder.

by James M. Scott via Scalawag on May 19, 2026

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