Summary of Wright Thompson’s The Barn

Get the Summary of Wright Thompson’s The Barn in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. The murder of Emmett Till in 1955 in Mississippi was a pivotal event in the American civil rights movement. Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam tortured and murdered 14-year-old Emmett in a barn, only to be acquitted. Bestselling author Wright Thompson uses this barn as a starting point to explore the broader context of racial violence and economic exploitation in the Mississippi Delta.