Meggie

I have thought so often of Mamie Till, and what her heart must have felt not only at what was done to her son, but at the choice to hold an open-casket funeral and bring the world face- to- face with the evil. I cannot fathom the depth of suffering, or the courage.

Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 82 years old today. At just 14, two white men kidnapped and brutally murdered him through mutilation for 'whistling' at a white woman. decades later, Carolyn Bryant admitted to lying that Emmett Till made a pass at her. THREAD

walking for fitness is highly underrated

"The Constitution is color blind" ... but this other thing, happening around the same time, called slavery and it's long standing impact, wasn't. And still isn't. The fact that judges truly think laws = reality makes me believe my toddler could also be on the Supreme Court.

I know the important part is the troves of classified documents in the bathroom. But why does this fancy bathroom with TWO chandeliers have a cheap white plastic trash can??? The lack of taste...