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Aug 17, 2005 · The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till: Directed by Keith Beauchamp. With Mamie Till Mobley, Wheeler Parker, Simeon Wright, Ruthie Mae Crawford. Never-before-seen testimony is included in this documentary on Emmett Louis Till, who, in 1955, was brutally murdered after he whistled at a white woman.
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- Documentary, Biography
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- 2005-08-17
In August 1955, 14-year-old African American Emmett Till was murdered for whistling at a white woman at a store in Money, Mississippi. The woman's relatives kidnapped Till and murdered him, leaving his body in a river.
Oct 13, 2005 · A documentary that reopens the case of the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, a black teenager killed by white men in Mississippi. The film features interviews, archival footage and the courage of his mother, who insisted on an open-casket funeral.
Dec 2, 2009 · Learn about the life and legacy of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black youth who was murdered in 1955 in a racist attack that sparked the civil rights movement. Find out how his mother insisted on an open-casket funeral, how his killers were acquitted and how his case was reopened in 2022.
Feb 28, 2006 · Simple yet riveting, The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till articulates the madness of racism in the South of the 1950s. Combining archival photos and footage with deeply felt interviews, this documentary tells the harrowing story of what happened when a mischievous 14 year old black boy from Chicago, visiting his relatives in Mississippi ...
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The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till. Never-before-seen testimony is included in this documentary on Emmett Louis Till, who, in 1955, was brutally murdered after he whistled at a white woman.
Aug 17, 2005 · In Mississippi during the '50s, a black teenager named Emmett Louis Till, who is from Chicago and visiting his great-uncle, whistles at a white woman in public. Not too long afterward, he...
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- Documentary
- PG-13
