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A Critical Look at the Video Documentary /The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till

Date: Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Location: University Union, Sandburg Theater

Instructor: Guest Speaker

Description: Panel Discussion: Christopher Benson, African American Studies and Journalism at the University of Illinois along with WIU faculty: Peter Cole, History, Oswald Warner, Sociology, Roberta Di Carmine, English Journalism, Darwin Fishman, African American Studies Moderator: Janice Welsch, English Journalism Emeritus

Documentary Film: The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
In August 1955, Mamie Till-Mobley of Chicago sent her only child, 14 year-old Emmett Louis Till, to visit relatives in the Mississippi Delta. Little did she know that only 8 days later, Emmett would be abducted from his Great-Uncle’s home, brutally beaten and murdered because of one of the oldest Southern taboos: whistling at a white woman in public. The murderers were soon arrested but later acquitted of murder by an all-white, all-male jury.
Keith Beauchamp's groundbreaking film is the result of a 10-year journey to uncover the truth behind the nightmarish murder of an innocent African-American teenager. Emmett’s brutal murder - and his family’s brave actions in the horrifying aftermath - served as a major impetus for America's civil rights movement and led to Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. making decisions that changed the course of history.

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