Emmett Till's Father Was Also Hanged: A New Book Tells His Story

A decade before his teenage son was lynched in Mississippi, Louis Till was serving overseas in World War II. In "Writing to Save a Life" John Edgar Wideman explores how Till was convicted of rape and murder and put to death.
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