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The Murder of Emmett Till - TV Documentary - was created in 2003.
1955
The Emmett Till murder trial brought to light the brutality of Jim Crow segregation in the South
Two months
His murder sparked the upsurge of activism
racism. Emmett whistled at a white woman, the woman told her husband, and the husband came to Emmett's house with a friend, pulled Emmett outta his house, and murdered him.
Emmett Till's body was found 31 August 1955 in the Tallahatchie River three days after his murder.
Emmett Till's murder case received widespread media coverage and ignited the Civil Rights Movement.
- self- defense - battered woman's syndrome - infanticide
Emmett Till was killed in Money, Mississippi, in 1955 at the age of 14. His murder was a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement in the United States.
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi in August 1955.
Tony Clayton has written: 'Murder assured'