| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; fullscreen presentation; Dolby surround stereo. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast in 2003 as part of the television series The American experience. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Andre Braugher. |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, Robert Shepard ; edited by, Lewis Erskine ; composer, Tom Phillips. |
| 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. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English dialogue; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
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Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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African American teenage boys.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Historical films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Nelson, Stanley, 1951-
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Smith, Marcia A.
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Braugher, Andre.
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Phillips, Tom.
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PBS Home Video.
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WGBH Educational Foundation.
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| Added Title |
American experience (Television program)
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| ISBN |
079369552X |
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9780793695522 |
| Standard No. |
841887000536 |
| Music No. |
AMER 6506 PBS Home Video |
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