On The Bus Uw Civil Rights Pilgrimage - The House Of Podcasts

Emmett Till was a 14 year old Chicagoan visiting his cousins in Money, Mississippi in 1955 when he was brutally murdered by white men for supposedly speaking to the 21 year old white wife of the proprietor of the general store. The murder sparked an international outcry.  An historic marker now stands in front of the restored Bryant Grocery store. That is a rare occurrence.  Officials admit they have allowed so many civil rights landmarks to be destroyed in Mississippi that they say they have lost count.  By erasing the landmarks, the white southerners who deny their racist past can also deny the contemporary bigotry that still persists.    I had a  US history named Thomas Govan in college.  He was an old southerner from Louisiana teaching at the University of Oregon in the 70's. His courses on radical American history focused on the battles over workers rights and racism.  We examined the establishment of the Klan, t