Emmett Till and the struggle for justice

What you’ll be seeing and hearing The effects of torture and the “n” word one time 1955 – Emmett and Mom just before Mississippi, visiting family Picking Uncle Mose’s Cotton Hanging out in Money Did Emmett brag about her? Mrs. Bryant: what happened at the store? The last good night – Saturday on Johnson Street in Greenwood Back home on the Dark Fear Road “Preacher, I want the boy” Simeon’s description They kidnapped my nephew How they know about the boy? Sheriff George Smith Acts The Tallahatchie River What they found Tied to this The undertaker Sheriff Strider calls The Ring Bury me not – in Mississippi What Mrs. Bradley sees What she wants the world to see And the world did see

Roy Wilkins and the NAACP call out Mississippi

The world comes to Sumner, Mississippi The prosecution team Defense Counsel Judge Swango The jury The Negro Press Their view Sheriff Strider says good morning James Hicks gets a tip Mound Bayou Delta Haven Dr. T.R.M. Howard Looking for 5 witneses Evers and Ruby Hurley go undercover They find 3 Two go missing thanks to Sheriff Strider Protecting the witnesses The role of the Mississippi NAACP, and Dr. T.R.M. Howard There he is The complicated history of Ernest Withers Not “Dar he” Witness for the prosecution What Willie Reed saw and heard

The Defense has two theories: Carolyn Bryant and Justifiable homicide Second theory: Till isn’t even dead Sheriff Strider, witness for the Defense

Why a Negro undertaker Closing arguments Waiting for the verdict Not Guilty Two Sheriffs, one happy, One miserable The aftermath

Not everyone got excited Sliming the victim

Milam and Bryant need money The “truth” William Bradford Huie Maybe not so true Ruined The impact on young Black Mississippians Anne Moody 8 years later The new pastor at Dexter Baptist in Montgomery invites Dr. Howard to speak is in the congregation Reviving the case Keith Beauchamp asks, “Who else” The FBI reopens the case Who’s buried in Chicago The new Leflore County DA Joyce Chiles A deathbed confession Henry Lee Loggins talks with his son Did she or didn’t she recant

Reconciliation starts with an apology A Courthouse reborn

Teaching a new generation Old Wounds Who’s story to tell? American history