May 8, 2021, was the 70th anniversary of the electrocution of Willie McGee in Mississippi’s traveling electric chair, a grim milestone in the history of civil rights in Mississippi. All these years later, McGee’s family continues to mourn his life and confront the impact of the tragic and undoubtedly unjust circumstances surrounding his death.
Jaclyn Nolan
Jaclyn Nolan is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Georgia in the Department of Communication Studies with a Ph.D from the University of Kansas. To contact Jaclyn, email her at jhnolan@uga.edu.