How did Emmett Till actually die?

Misery and memory in Glendora, Mississippi: How poverty is reshaping the story of Emmett Till's murder [Click here to view this message in your web-browser](. Edition: US 9 May 2019 [The Conversation]( Academic rigor, journalistic flair [Nick Lehr] A note from... Nick Lehr Arts + Culture Editor Emmett Till was lynched in the Mississippi Delta in 1955, but it took nearly 50 years for any memorials to be erected. Since 2005, a “memory boom” of Emmett Till memorials has taken place, with millions of dollars invested in public markers and memorials. But what interests communication scholar Dave Tell is not the number of memorials, but how some are warping the history of what actually happened to Till on that fateful night. The professor was particularly drawn to the small town of Glendora, Mississippi. Mired in poverty, [Glendora is sticking to a version of Till’s murder that many contest](. 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