Directory > Society > Ethnicity > African > African-American > History > Till, Emmett Mobley’s courage leaves legacy against hate crimes: Commentary by Mary Mitchell Chicago Sun-Times columnist explains the significance of Emmet Till's murder and of his mother's publicity of it. http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section=9&screen=news&news_id=19437 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Mamie Till Mobley, mother of lynched teen Chicago Sun-Times obituary remembers the life of Emmett Till's mother. It recounts the story of Emmett's murder and her crusade to bring public attention to such atrocities. http://www.suntimes.com/output/obituaries/cst-nws-xmob09.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gary Younge: A black requiem played to old music A British journalist covers the funeral in Chicago of Mamie Till Mobley, mother of Emmett Till, and describes the effect of Emmett's murder on the civil rights movement in the United States. http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,873627,00.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Lynching of Emmett Till: A Documentary Narrative Reviews of a book, a collection of more than one hundred documents spanning almost half a century, about the murder that set off the civil rights movement. Edited by Christopher Metress and published by the University of Virginia Press. http://www.upress.virginia.edu/books/metress.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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PBS American Experience: The Murder of Emmett Till The brutal murder in 1955 that mobilized the civil rights movement: the film, special features, timeline, people and events, teacher's guide, background information and forum. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Detroit News: Two Detroiters speak out about '55 murder case Roosevelt Crawford, now 63, and his brother, John, 69, both of whom live in Detroit, are telling what they remember about the events that led up to Till's murder in a newly released 90-minute documentary by Keith Beauchamp, "The Untold Story of Emmett Till". http://www.detnews.com/2003/metro/0301/15/e01-60501.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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