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Caroline Randall Williams: Remembering Emmett Till is a 'radical act of freedom' - The Last Word MSNBC
Award-winning poet Caroline Randall Williams joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on what would have been Emmett Till’s 82nd birthday. Williams says of Pres. Biden’s proclamation to establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till's legacy, “We have to be able to know our past in order to look to a different kind of future.” - Aired on 07/25/2023.
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That really touched me. Just heartbreaking! 💔
When she choked up, I choked up a little, too. Unbelievably heartbreaking and this stuck with me tonight. 
