The Murder of Emmett Till
The Murder of Emmett Till American Experience
The Murder of Emmett Till
The murder and the trial horrified the nation and the world. Till's death was a spark that helped mobilize the Civil Rights movement. Three months after his body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River, the Montgomery bus boycott began.
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American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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