Was doing some reading on Emmett Till and was reminded that he’d be 83 years old right now. He was less than a year older than Joe Biden and five years older than Donald Trump. - ThreadSky

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katz.theracket.news • 2 days ago

Was doing some reading on Emmett Till and was reminded that he’d be 83 years old right now. He was less than a year older than Joe Biden and five years older than Donald Trump.

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cnbecker14.bsky.social•2 days ago

One of the things that should really be a sign to people that it's nonsense to imagine racism just vanished with the civil rights movement

robxlii.bsky.social•2 days ago

Younger than both of my parents.

funnynora.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think about that sort of thing a lot. And Faulkner’s quote. “The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past.”

timward2014.bsky.social•1 day ago

The instigator of his murder died peacefully in a care home two years ago after a long, happy life in which she experienced zero consequences for her actions.