Crash Course Black American History (2021) Black American History Episode 34 2021
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In 1955, a 14 year old boy named Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Money, Mississippi. The white men who murdered him killed him for being Black. Emmett Till's mother chose to have an open casket funeral, and show the world what had been done to her son. Despite the killers being acquitted in court, the story of Emmett Till and the jarring images of his funeral shocked the nation and were a vital catalyst in turning the civil rights movement into a nationwide phenomenon.
- Released: 2022-03-12
- Runtime: 14 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Clint Smith
- Director: Hank Green, John Green
- Source: Layarstar
