Screen/Society--Diamonstein-Spielvogel series: Films of Stanley Nelson--"The Murder of Emmett Till"

FILM SCREENING: "The Murder of Emmett Till" (Stanley Nelson, 2003, 53 min, U.S., English, Color, DVD) / In August of 1955, a 14 year-old black boy from Chicago, unschooled in the racial customs of the south, traveled to Mississippi to visit relatives. The murder of Emmett Till shook America, and opened a window on the deep social divisions of the 1950s. The case, which ended in the acquittal of Till's two known assailants, became an international cause celebre. When tens of thousands of Americans rallied against injustice, the Till case proved to be an early spark for the American civil rights movement. / Trailer: http://firelightmedia.tv/project/the-murder-of-emmett-till/