Publication Date:
January 2013
Washington Monthly, January/February 2013
Separated by a thousand miles, two state borders, and nearly six decades, two young African Americans, Emmett Till and Trayvon Martin, met tragic fates that seem remarkably similar today: both walked into a small market to buy some candy; both ended up dead. Both murders also rocked our nation’s core and prompted several questions about racial tension and progress.
In an article for the January/February issue of Washington Monthly, Elijah Anderson, William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Sociology at Yale University, dives into the striking similarities between the two murders and questions our nation’s progress on race over the last 60 years.
