
From Emmett Till to Amy Cooper, Racism Eats Away at America
America remains a nation sick from fear of black skin, and sick with the entitlement that goes with having white skin. By Sophia Nelson | The Daily Beast | May 28, 2020 America has a long history of white women’s accusations costing innocent black men their lives. The story of Emmett Till is etched in our national consciousness because in 1955 the 14-year-old was kidnapped, tortured and shot in the head, his body tied with barbed war to a cotton gin fan and thrown in the Tal