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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm lifting a rum and coke tonight for Emmet Till.
Because we'd all like to be remembered at our best moment -- and that boy was a bright, fun-loving, smart kid with a beating heart.
His death was a tragedy. But his life was a flaming spark in the darkness.
Forget our death. What was our life?
Emmet! A little justice coming your way. I have thought of you often.
I'll bet his smile was shining and his soul was bright.
His Life Mattered.
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I'm lifting a rum and coke tonight for Emmet Till. (Original Post)
byronius
Jul 2018
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grantcart
(53,061 posts)1. When you look at his picture you know how scared he must have been
And how he must have begged for his life and how he suffered a hundred years of pain and terror in a few hours.
MariaCSR
(642 posts)2. indeed. nm
empedocles
(15,751 posts)3. I tried a vanilla rum and coke last night
Nice and subtle.
Eases the news flood somewhat.
tavernier
(12,322 posts)4. ...
Hurts my heart.