in mississippi black lives did not matter. i am senator david jordan from greenwood who attended the emmett till trial and have written from a cotton field to the state senate and include one chapter in my book which has been not the bestseller but a very good seller. but it s for sale, too, in the bookstore so you all should go buy one of his books affect. yes. so i attended the trial but the experience that i had there on the outside forward where the news media were where my first time meeting and african-american congressman named davis was with mrs. teal and i was just a freshman that mississippi college state, college at that time. and we were asked to give a report. sargasso 25 cents a gallon. we headed for summer mississippi but when we arrived there worth staying around on the outside for a few minutes a beautiful lady walked up to his well-dressed and reporter said we re going to ask you some questions. whether emmett till will get a fair trial in mississipp