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The Murder of Emmett Till

People & Events

Find out more about the people and events featured in the film.

People:

• Emmett Louis Till (1941-1955)
• Mamie Till Mobley (1921-2003)
• Moses and Elizabeth Wright
• Roy Bryant (1931-1994), Carolyn Bryant (1934-) and J. W. Milam (1919-1981)
• Clarence Strider (1904 -1970)

Events:

• The Trial of J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant
• Lynching in America
• Sharecropping in Mississippi
• Citizens' Councils
• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
• The Impact of Emmett Till's Murder

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