PhotoTHE BLOOD OF EMMETT TILLBy Timothy B. Tyson291 pp. The existence of racial terror is not a singular phenomenon in our country’s national archive. Then there is perhaps the most monstrous application of racial terror in our historical register: Aug. 28, 1955, when 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched. in 2007, he let out a “wolf whistle” as she exited the store to get a gun from her car. From Emmett Till and Henry Marrow to Amadou Diallo, Rekia Boyd and Alton Sterling.

Source: New York Times January 27, 2017 22:33 UTC