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liroa15's review against another edition
4.0
A lot more of this was about the general history of the era and Mississippi in particular which was good because the trial chapters made my blood boil.
Nearly 70 years and we haven’t done a damn thing. Not a damn thing
Nearly 70 years and we haven’t done a damn thing. Not a damn thing
medr363's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.0
courtld90's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
ahsatan82's review against another edition
4.0
Rough, raw and real. It was a hard listen but necessary. There was more historical facts and events inlcuded than just the story of Emmett Till, which I appreciated. It's hard to imagine that these things were occurring in the 50s, I mean the 50s weren't that long ago! I wasn't alive but my mother was and she was almost the same age as Emmett Till. I can't imagine growing up in such a racially tense, segregated and unequal time. We still deal with racism but of course it's more concealed and we have laws now that were put in place to help...they don't always but back then there was barely any protection for blacks. It's not like I didn't know about these events before but I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that it hasn't been that long since lynching was a common occurrence, since the right to vote for "colored" was allowed and without threats or intimidation, since blacks couldn't use the same bathroom, attend the same schools or eat in certain places, had to address whites as sir and ma'am while they were addressed as boy, gal, nigger.... I could go on but I'm not. It was a good listen overall, I will probably listen again and have my daughter listen along as well... it's that important.
miggyfool's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
yessibean's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0