Bibliograph

The murder of Emmett Till., WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; written by Marcia Smith, Fullscreen

Type

Label

The murder of Emmett Till., WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; written by Marcia Smith, Fullscreen

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The murder of Emmett Till.

Oclc number

57138324

Responsibility statement

WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; written by Marcia Smith

Runtime

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

Technique

live action

resource.version

Fullscreen

Classification