Questions Surrounding Nolan Wells’ Death Demand Answers

KPFA - Hard Knock Radio · Jul 20, 2026 · 59m

(HKR-07-20-26) A Mississippi family is grieving, troubling questions remain unanswered, and activist Marquell Bridges wants the public to keep paying attention. During a powerful conversation on Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D spoke with Bridges, president and founder of the Building Bridges Coalition, about the death of Nolan Xavia Wells. The promising young football player disappeared after traveling with four white associates to Horn Island for a Fourth of July celebration. His body was later discovered on the uninhabited island. Bridges questioned accounts alleging that Wells voluntarily…