![Misery and memory in Glendora, Mississippi: How poverty is reshaping the story of Emmett Till's murder Misery and memory in Glendora, Mississippi: How poverty is reshaping the story of Emmett Till's murder](https://images.theconversation.com/files/271203/original/file-20190426-194606-1ct2co1.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=237&fit=clip)
Misery and memory in Glendora, Mississippi: How poverty is reshaping the story of Emmett Till's murder
![Keith Beauchamp on X: "At approximately 2:30 in the morning on August 28, 1955, Roy Bryant, J.W. Milam and others kidnapped #EmmettTill from Moses Wright's home. They then tortured Emmett, shot him Keith Beauchamp on X: "At approximately 2:30 in the morning on August 28, 1955, Roy Bryant, J.W. Milam and others kidnapped #EmmettTill from Moses Wright's home. They then tortured Emmett, shot him](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ege-UZoXsAYdh7K.jpg:large)
Keith Beauchamp on X: "At approximately 2:30 in the morning on August 28, 1955, Roy Bryant, J.W. Milam and others kidnapped #EmmettTill from Moses Wright's home. They then tortured Emmett, shot him
![Fan Used As Weight -- Leflore County Deputy Sheriff John Ed Cothran examines the huge cotton gin fan used to weight down the body of 15-year-old Emmet Louis Till in the Tallahatchie Fan Used As Weight -- Leflore County Deputy Sheriff John Ed Cothran examines the huge cotton gin fan used to weight down the body of 15-year-old Emmet Louis Till in the Tallahatchie](https://cdn.superstock.com/5513/Comp/5513-16144236.webp)