The Twilight Zone was created by Rod Serling, who believed in using television as a platform for social activism and commentary.
The show was initially inspired by the murder of Emmett Till, a Black teenager who was brutally killed in Mississippi in the 1950s.
Serling’s attempts to directly adapt Till’s story were met with censorship, leading him to create The Twilight Zone as a way to subtly include social commentary within the sci-fi and horror genres.

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