The murder of Emmett Till /
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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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. |
| Published: |
Boston : Alexandria, Va. :
WGBH Educational Foundation ; PBS Home Video,
[2003]
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| Edition: | Full screen version. |
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| Summary: | 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 and proceeded to sell their story to a journalist, providing grisly details of the murder. Three months after Till's body was recovered, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. |
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| Item Description: | Originally broadcast as part of the television series The American experience. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby surround stereo. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematographer, Robert Shepard ; editor, Lewis Erskine ; composer, Tom Phillips. |
| ISBN: | 0780645782 |