The murder of Emmett Till /
The 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 s...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. |
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Hollywood, Calif. :
PBS Home Video,
[2004]
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| Edition: | Full screen version. |
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| Summary: | The 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 in 2003 as part of the television series The American experience. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; NTSC 1; English Dolby surround stereo. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematographer, Robert Shepard ; edited by Lewis Erskine ; narrator, Andre Braugher ; composer, Tom Phillips. |
| ISBN: | 079369552X 9780793695522 |