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

Produced by Joe Richman and Samara Freemark

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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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Rob Shinnick

Posted on November 14, 2010 at 04:01 AM | Permalink

Poignant and powerful

I enjoyed this piece very much.