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Poignant and powerful

Posted on November 14, 2010 at 04:01 AM

I enjoyed this piece very much.

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Rob Shinnick
Username: lordmarcovan
Location: Brunswick, Georgia
Joined PRX: Oct 24, 2009

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Caption: Bridgette McGee holds a photo of her grandfather, Credit: Teri Havens

"Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair: A Granddaughter's Search for the Truth"
Summary: In 1951, Willie McGee was executed in Mississippi's traveling electric chair for raping a white woman. Six decades later, his granddaughter is on a quest to unearth everything she can about his life - and his death.

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