The Resource The murder of Emmett Till, WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; written by Marcia Smith, (videorecording)
The murder of Emmett Till, WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; written by Marcia Smith, (videorecording)
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The item The murder of Emmett Till, WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; written by Marcia Smith, (videorecording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library.
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- Summary
- The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a black boy who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. Although Till's killers were apprehended, they were quickly acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury and proceeded to sell their story to a journalist, providing grisly details of the murder. Three months after Till's body was recovered, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Full screen version.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.)
- Note
- Originally produced in 2003
- Isbn
- 9780793695522
- Label
- The murder of Emmett Till
- Title
- The murder of Emmett Till
- Statement of responsibility
- WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; written by Marcia Smith
- Subject
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- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- trueAfrican American teenage boys
- trueAfrican Americans -- Biography
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States
- African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Documentary films
- Historical films
- Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
- trueUnited States -- Race relations
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a black boy who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. Although Till's killers were apprehended, they were quickly acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury and proceeded to sell their story to a journalist, providing grisly details of the murder. Three months after Till's body was recovered, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began
- Cataloging source
- JRK
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- American experience (Television program)
- Credits note
- Cinematographer, Robert Shepard ; edited by Lewis Erskine ; composer, Tom Phillips
- Date time place
- Originally broadcast as part of the television series The American experience
- Dewey number
- 364.15/23/09762
- Intended audience
- Not rated by the MPAA
- Language note
- Closed-captioned
- LC call number
- HV6465.M7
- LC item number
- M87 2004
- PerformerNote
- Narrator, Andre Braugher
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Braugher, Andre
- Nelson, Stanley
- Runtime
- 60
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Till, Emmett
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Civil rights movements
- Lynching
- African Americans
- African American teenage boys
- United States
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- The murder of Emmett Till, WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; written by Marcia Smith, (videorecording)
- Note
- Originally produced in 2003
- Color
- mixed
- Configuration of playback channels
- quadrophonic multichannel or surround
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Full screen version.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.)
- Isbn
- 9780793695522
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 841887000536
- Other physical details
- sd., col. with b&w sequences
- Publisher number
- AMER6506
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocm57138324
- 4246-54660
- (OUa)vtls000646979
- (OCoLC)ocm57138324
- System details
- DVD; NTSC 1; English Dolby surround stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- The murder of Emmett Till, WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; written by Marcia Smith, (videorecording)
- Note
- Originally produced in 2003
- Color
- mixed
- Configuration of playback channels
- quadrophonic multichannel or surround
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Full screen version.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.)
- Isbn
- 9780793695522
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 841887000536
- Other physical details
- sd., col. with b&w sequences
- Publisher number
- AMER6506
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm57138324
- 4246-54660
- (OUa)vtls000646979
- (OCoLC)ocm57138324
- System details
- DVD; NTSC 1; English Dolby surround stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
Subject
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- trueAfrican American teenage boys
- trueAfrican Americans -- Biography
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States
- African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Documentary films
- Historical films
- Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
- trueUnited States -- Race relations
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