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The murder of Emmett Till /

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The shameful, sadistic murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a black boy who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. Although Till's killers were apprehended, they were quickly acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury...

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Corporate Authors: Firelight Media, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Nelson, Stanley, 1951-, Braugher, Andre
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: Boston : Alexandria, Va. : WGBH Educational Foundation ; PBS Home Video, [2003]
Edition:Full screen version.
Subjects:
Till, Emmett, > 1941-1955.
Mississippi > Race relations.
Lynching > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Crimes against > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African American teenage boys > Mississippi > Biography.
Racism > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Trials (Murder) > Mississippi.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Shelving Title: American experience. The murder of Emmett Till
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