The photographs of his mutilation by white racists helped to galvanize the civil rights movement in the US.
Now, a documentary: The Murder of Emmitt Till.
The violence done then ripples out in waves of emotional and psychic pain. And then we wonder why people are as warped as we often are. Trying to grow straight again Lillian Smith), impossible as its ultimate achievement be, must remain among our highest priorities.
This Vermont (!) writer discusses parallels between animals and humans referring to "the sleeper hit of the summer" "March of the Penguins".
"Functionally, I suspect love is an often temporary chemical imbalance of the brain induced by sensory stimuli that causes us to maintain focus on something that carries an adaptive agenda.
The scientists trying to prove that the ivory-billed woodpecker is miraculously not extinct are being conservative, but I heard the audio comparison of its call this morning - a verified one from 1935 and one captured on a remote recorder deep in the Arkansas woods last year. It convinced me!
And what glorious evidence that (at least some) rare and beautiful things still manage to survive humanity's worst effects. It's as good as a phoenix!
