American Experience
Season 15 Episode 6 - The Murder of Emmett Till
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
Recalling the 1955 murder of a 14-year-old black youth in the Mississippi delta, an incident that could very well have launched the civil-rights movement. "He was a sacrificial lamb," says Mamie Till of her son Emmett, a fun-loving Chicago teen who was slain after whistling at a white woman outside a general store in Tallahatchee County, Miss. Less than a month after Till's mutilated body was found, two white defendants were acquitted (in 67 minutes) by an all-white jury.
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2
Jimmy Carter (2): Hostage
55 min
3
Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis
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4
Chicago: City of the Century (2): The Revolution Has Begun
55 min
5
Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago
55 min
6
The Murder of Emmett Till
55 min
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