From Emmett Till to Nolan Wells: The Continuing Crisis of Violence Against Black Americans
America has spent generations confronting the violence inflicted upon Black Americans. From the era of racial terror lynchings to the killing of Emmett Till and, decades later, the unresolved death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, the question of how Black lives are protected—and how their deaths are investigated—continues to shape the American conversation about race and justice. The circumstances surrounding these deaths are different. The legal systems, technology and social conditions have chang