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Quixote1818

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Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:48 PM Nov 2020

A Town Has Turned To Dust - By Rod Serling

“A Town Has Turned to Dust” was based on the case of Emmett Till, a black teenager tortured and murdered by a group of white thugs in 1955 Mississippi. His offense: allegedly making some off-color remarks to a white female shop-keeper. Till was hunted down, beaten, shot and thrown in a river. This heinous crime shocked the nation, and led Serling to dramatize the events in “A Town Has Turned to Dust” for Playhouse 90.

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A Town Has Turned To Dust - By Rod Serling (Original Post) Quixote1818 Nov 2020 OP
Thanks. klook Nov 2020 #1
Good find. marble falls Nov 2020 #2
Kicking this because it was very powerful! A must see! nt Quixote1818 Nov 2020 #3
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