The Murder of Emmett Till

00:00:21 REPORTER : This is the muddy, backwoods Tallahatchie River,

00:02:44 in terms of the mass Civil Rights Movement,

00:05:24 People disappeared.

00:07:40 and never stopped until he got to Memphis

00:09:54 I mean, the whole gym went crazy.

00:12:03 with his fun-loving, free-spirited way of living,

00:14:12 and I said, "Emmett..." or "Beau"... I called him Beau...

00:16:34 who got in his way.

00:18:32 and said they wanted the boy that did the talk at Money.

00:20:33 HAMPTON: I was, uh, playing beside the road,

00:22:44 Said, "J.W., I got a writ for you."

00:25:15 And when I began to make the announcement, uh...

00:27:59 As I kept looking, I saw a hole,

00:30:32 PARKER: As far as I was concerned, that wasn't him there.

00:32:54 The Associated Press fielded queries

00:35:16 or face the consequences.

00:37:06 plain-talking, obscene-talking sheriff

00:38:53 she had to make her way through an unsympathetic crowd

00:40:37 So it was just, you know, like hush-hush, you know.

00:42:28 But there, in the searing heat of a Delta courtroom,

00:44:37 Reporters overheard members of the jury

00:46:33 NARRATOR: Reports of the acquittal made front-page headlines

00:48:37 "and rolled his body into 20 feet of muddy water.

00:51:30 that had taken place in this country.