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This week, Kristin starts us off with a case that\\u2019s as awful as it is important. Emmett Till was just fourteen years old in 1955, when he traveled from his home in Chicago to visit relatives in rural Mississippi. Before he left, his mother warned Emmett that Chicago and Mississippi were two different worlds. The culture was different -- the racism more intense. He\\u2019d have to be careful. But no warning could prepare Emmett for what lay ahead of him in Mississippi. \\xa0

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Then Brandi tells us the infuriating, but ultimately positive story of Cyntoia Brown. From the moment she was born, Cyntoia faced incredible obstacles. By the time she was a teenager, Cyntoia had been sex trafficked by an older man. When she was 16, a 43-year-old real estate broker named Johnny Michael Allen approached her in a Sonic, looking for sex. The two went back to his house, where Cyntoia felt increasingly afraid.\\xa0

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And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

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\\u201cEmmett Till Murder Trial\\u201d by Douglas O. Linder for famous-trials.com
\\n\\u201cEmmett Till\\u201d entry on wikipedia
\\n\\u201cWhat happened to the key figures in the Emmett Till case?\\u201d by Devery S. Anderson for the Mississippi Clarion Ledger

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\\u201cA timeline of the Cyntoia Brown case, conviction and successful bid for clemency\\u201d by Jon Garcia, The Tennessean

\\u201cWho was Cyntoia Brown convicted of killing? A look at Johnny Allen.\\u201d by Jon Garcia, The Tennessean

\\u201cRead Cyntoia Brown-Long\'s note to her 16-year-old self facing life in prison\\u201d by Juan Buitrago, The Tennessean

\\u201cCyntoia Brown wasn\\u2019t a victim, stole money after killing Johnny Allen: Prosecutors\\u201d by Christal Hayes, Newsweek

\\u201cCyntoia Brown, a trafficking victim jailed for killing a man using her for sex, was granted clemency following a social-media campaign. Here\'s everything you need to know.\\u201d by Benjamin Goggin, Insider

\\u201cHow The Justice System Failed Cyntoia Brown\\u201d by Leah Carroll, Refinery29

\\u201cAttorneys seek new trial for teenage killer\\u201d Associated Press, The Oklahoman

\\u201cCyntoia Denise Brown v.\\xa0 State of Tennessee\\u201d tncourts.gov\\n

\\u201cCyntoia Brown Is Getting Back The Childhood She & So Many Young Black Girls Never Had\\u201d by Clarissa Brooks, Bustle

\\u201cCyntoia Brown\\u201d wikipedia.org\\n

\\u201cCyntoia Brown\\u201d episode ExpediTIously Podcast