The Militant - April 23, 2007 -- Letters

Vol. 71/No. 16 April 23, 2007

Letters

Emmett Till
I was glad to have attended a Newark Militant Labor Forum where The Lynching of Emmett Till was shown. The video was instrumental in the campaign to get the case reopened. But still, 52 years later, no indictments have been made. This might be an opening for a Militant article on the civil rights movement, what it accomplished and challenges ahead.

Jane Harris
South Orange, New Jersey

Truth and clarity
While reviewing a copy of the Militant, a health-care coworker remarked that it “sure exaggerates to make the system look bad.” He was referring to the 50 bullet barrage the cops used to kill Sean Bell. I told him that one of the paper’s strengths is its reliability. “We’ll see about that!” he replied as he “googled” Sean Bell. Quite a look came over his face as he saw the reportage was right.

Truth and clarity—give us more!

Horace Kerr
Denver, Colorado

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