Destination Freedom Black Radio Days

English - September 18, 2020 18:05 - 1 hour - 101 MB
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Emmett Till was murdered 65 years ago on August 28 1955 in Money, Mississippi. At only 14 years old, he was kidnapped, brutally tortured, lynched and killed during a racially motivated hate crime that ultimately helped launch the modern-day civil rights movement. On August 30, 2019, Eli McClain was killed in Aurora, Colorado.

The past is not past. The specter of Till’s devastating crime remains ever-present through modern-day racially motivated murders. The burdens are borne by families such as Emmett's (Thelma Wright Edwards and Deborah Watts), Eli McClain, (Sheneen McClain),