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New investigation into Emmett Till’s murder | Let the World See E3 l Part 2
More than 30 years after Emmett Till’s murder, the FBI opened a new investigation into the case and exhumed Till’s body to conduct a DNA…
Fighting for justice for Emmett Till | Let the World See E3 l Part 3
As protests erupted in the spring of 2020, Wheeler, Thelma and Ollie continue to fight for justice for their cousin Emmett Till, decades after Mamie…
The fight in Mrs. Mamie Till-Mobley | Let the World See E3 l Part 1
After the men who murdered her son Emmett Till are acquitted, Mamie Till-Mobley became a leader in the young civil rights movement which erupted across…
Despite fearing for his life, key witness Reverend Wright testifies | Let the World See E2 l Part 3
Rev. Moses Wright, Emmett Till’s uncle, testified that the two white men Roy Bryant and J.W. Milman knocked on his door around 2 a.m. and…
Mamie Till-Mobley seeks justice for the brutal murder of her son | Let the World See E2 l Part 2
Roy Bryant and J.W. Milman were indicted for Emmett Till’s murder in July of 1955. Five lawyers volunteered to defend Bryant and Milman to an…
Mamie Till receives closed casket with Emmett’s body | Let the World See l Part 6
“Well, give me a crowbar, give me whatever. What can they do to me? They’ve taken my son,” Mamie Till-Mobley said after receiving Emmett’s remains…
Emmett’s body found in Tallahatchie River | Let the World See l Part 5
The body is so badly damaged that Emmett can only be identified by a ring on his finger. #lettheworldsee #theboyfromchicago #emmetttill source
Emmett breaks the rules | Let the World See l Part 3
Emmett and his cousins go to a local store, where he whistles at a woman named Carolyn Bryant. #lettheworldsee #theboyfromchicago #emmetttill source
Emmett disappears | Let the World See l Part 4
After white men kidnap Till in the middle of the night, his mother turns his disappearance into a national headline desperate to find her son….
At 14, Emmett heads to Mississippi | Let the World See l Part 2
Emmett’s mother warns him about the rules of the Jim Crow South, where violence is boiling over by the time he arrives. #lettheworldsee #theboyfromchicago #emmetttill…
Mamie and Emmett Till’s early years | Let the World See l Part 1
The family flees the racial violence of the south for Chicago. His father is serving in the army when Emmett’s mother receives a devastating telegram….
