print email comment close The Murder of Emmett Till URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/ Description: Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program about the 1955 murder of a northern black teenager after he whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. "Till's death was a spark that helped mobilize the civil rights movement." The site features a timeline, information about people and events (such as lynching in the United States), and related material. Also includes a transcript, teacher's guide, a bibliography, and links to related sites. Publisher: PBS Online; WGBH Extra Keywords Jim Crow Roy Bryant J.W. Milan sharecropping segregation Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- History Lynching People Southern States -- Race relations Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 Trials (Murder) LII Database Information: Record 1011 created by Maria Brandt on 06/14/2005 Last modification on 06/15/2005 Published: 06/14/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1011