American Experience · SEASON 15
The Murder of Emmett Till
Episode 6 · 2003-01-20
- Documentary
Episode overview
Recalling the 1955 murder of a 14-year-old black youth in the Mississippi delta, an incident that could very well have launched the civil-rights movement. "He was a sacrificial lamb," says Mamie Till of her son Emmett, a fun-loving Chicago teen who was slain after whistling at a white woman outside a general store in Tallahatchee County, Miss. Less than a month after Till's mutilated body was found, two white defendants were acquitted (in 67 minutes) by an all-white jury.
55 minutes
Season 15 episodes
1. Jimmy Carter (1): Jimmy Who?2002-11-11
2. Jimmy Carter (2): Hostage2002-11-12
3. Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis2003-01-13
4. Chicago: City of the Century (2): The Revolution Has Begun2003-01-14
5. Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago2003-01-15
6. The Murder of Emmett Till2003-01-20
7. Transcontinental Railroad2003-01-27
8. Partners of the Heart2003-02-10
9. The Pill2003-02-24
10. Daughter from Danang2003-04-07
11. Seabiscuit2003-04-21
12. Bataan Rescue2003-07-07
13. Murder at Harvard2003-07-14
