It's about time...

An article from Yahoo: "The Justice Department said Monday it is reopening the investigation into the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, a black teenager whose death while visiting Mississippi was an early catalyst for the civil rights movement...."

Good. I know that nothing can really fix the situation at this late date, but I just cannot wrap my brain around how someone could murder a little boy
just because he spoke to (and perhaps whistled at) a woman. For all the problems in the world today -- and God knows there are plenty! -- I simply cannot conceive of such madness as existed only 50 years ago. We've come a long way, even as we have so much farther to go...