Last night, I saw the THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL at the Penumbra Theatre. Cold as it was outside, there was a packed house inside. This is a story about a fourteen-year old boy from Chicago that was murdered in Missisissippi in 1955. The story and the performance do an outstanding job of portraying the life of a young man that had such a tragic ending.
What is impossible to comprehend is that the murderers seem to think they had a right to kill Emmett Till. The confession in LOOK magazine details their actions and reasoning. In spite of the progress we have made in the civil rights area, the chilling reality is that we still have these outrageous acts still happening. How long before we can all live together in harmony and respect the rights of others?