Episode 53: Dcn. Arthur Miller on his book The Journey to Chatham: Why Emmett Till?s Murder Changed America, a personal story (Dec 20, 2023)

The Catholic Bookworm · Dec 20, 2023 · 1h 2m

In this episode of The Catholic Bookworm, Kiki Latimer interviews Dcn. Arthur Miller on his book The Journey to Chatham: Why Emmett Till?s Murder Changed America, a personal story.A story about America in its pre-civil rights struggle, and how the brutal murder of an innocent Chicago boy forced the country to face its own ugliness. The impact of Emmett Till's brutal murder is told from the perspective of his neighborhood friends and who he was before he became an unwilling symbol of the horror of racial hatred. His courageous mother, Mrs. Mamie (Till) Bradley, exhibited her strength and sense…