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How Emmett Till's Lynching Inspired "The Twilight Zone"


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Emmett Till takes a quick dive into how the lynching of Emmett Till in 1955 inspired then rising talent Rod Serling to create his iconic tv show, "The Twilight Zone." 

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https://www.history.com/articles/emmett-till

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/early-run-censors-led-rod-serling-twilight-zone-180971837/

https://www.ithaca.edu/node/45197#:~:text=Born%20in%20Syracuse%2C%20New%20York,the%20golden%20age%20of%20television.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/arts/television/jordan-peele-twilight-zone.html

https://leaguewriters.blogspot.com/2010/09/censorship-and-twilight-zone.html


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Black Horror JournalBy Starr Rocque