i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”

basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.

i feel that with my dad.

The gun that was used to kill Emmett Till goes on display today in Mississippi. Wright Thompson on how it got there—and why it’s a rebuke of attempts to erase history:

This really feels like a defining post of our time

John Doar's cool old-school map tracking all the Civil Rights Division's lawsuits across the South is the one historical artifact I really wanted to steal.

Trump says undocumented immigrants do farm work "naturally" because "they don't get a bad back."

Mississippi's Declaration of Secession similarly said slavery must be protected because "by an impervious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun."

#OnThisDay in 1966, James Meredith was shot during his one-man March Against Fear from Memphis to Jackson MS. He survived, and the sniper was arrested. After his shooting, #MLK & others came to join the march, resuling in 4K new Black voters.
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James Meredith was honored in his hometown of Kosciusko, MS. The MDAH sign celebrates this native son who helped bring Mississippians into the 20th century.

James' wife Judy and Mayor Tim Kyle in front of the new marker. @pamkeithfl.bsky.social @jmitchellnews.bsky.social