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Emmett Till is known for his death. A new film about his mother also honors his life

Jalyn Hall plays Emmett Till and Danielle Deadwyler is his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, in Till. Lynsey Weatherspoon/Orion Pictures hide caption

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Emmett Till is known for his death. A new film about his mother also honors his life

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October 14, 2022 • In 1955, a 14-year-old Black boy was lynched in Mississippi. Till tells the story of Mamie Till-Mobley, whose insistence on an open-casket funeral helped ignite the civil rights movement.

Emmett Till is known for his death. A new film about his mother also honors his life

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The Pain Of Police Killings Can Last Decades

Roman Ducksworth in uniform. The Army corporal was shot to death by a white Mississippi police officer in 1962. Courtesy of Cordero Ducksworth and the Syracuse Cold Case Justice Initiative hide caption

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The Pain Of Police Killings Can Last Decades

August 25, 2016 • Cordero Ducksworth says he barely remembers his father, Roman, who died in 1962. And he didn't learn the circumstances of his death for almost 30 years. Now, he's fighting for justice.