Sixty-five years ago today, an all-white jury acquitted the accused murderers of Emmett Till—a 14-year-old Black boy who was lynched after allegedly offending a white woman in a local shop. The jury spent just over an hour deliberating. Months later, the suspects confessed and faced no punishment because they had already been tried. Fast-forward to […]
Author Archives: Vangela M. Wade
Vangela M. Wade is president and CEO of the Mississippi Center for Justice, a nonprofit public-interest law firm. She previously served as a prosecutor with the Madison/Rankin County District Attorney’s Office.
