Justice

Focusing on the Hidden Horror of American Lynchings

A British photojournalist is training his camera on the sites of the South’s ugliest open secret.
The Drew, Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was lynched in 1955 is privately owned. Oliver Clasper

This post is part of a CityLab series on open secrets—stories about what’s hiding in plain sight.

An empty trestle bridge spans a grey river. White-washed doors lean on the side of a barn. Telephone poles and a tin shed frame a half-mowed ravine.