The Colored Waiting Room. Kevin Shird

to grovel.”12

      In 1956, J. W. Milam told Time magazine that Emmett Till was hopeless, and that he “liked niggas in their place . . . I know how to work ’em.” In this case, Emmett had decided on not showing the expected deference, so Milam had decided, “it was time a few people got put on notice.” The racist stated, “As long as I live, and can do anything about it, niggas are gonna stay in their place.”13