| Movie Review | The Journal of American History, 90.3

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The Murder of Emmett Till. Prod. by Stanley Nelson. Firelight Media Production for American Experience, 2003. 60 mins. (PBS Video, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314-1698; 800-344-3337; <shop@pbs.org>; <http://shop.pbs.org/education/> [Sept. 15, 2003])

Mamie Till (supported by, right to left, Bishop Louis Henry Ford, Gene Mabley, and Bishop Isiak Roberts) collapses upon the arrival of her murdered son's remains in Chicago, September 2, 1955. Courtesy CORBIS/Bettman.

The lynching of Emmett Till is once again in the news. In recent months, two new documentaries and a new book have reawakened public interest in the 1955 tragedy. In January 2003, when Mamie Till Mobley, the courageous mother of the slain Chicago teenager, died, scores of tributes acknowledged her relentless pursuit of social justice.

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