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Series
American Experience
Episode
The Murder of Emmett Till
Raw Footage
Interview with Wheeler Parker, cousin of Emmett Till
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WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
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Wheeler Parker (continued) Interview about Emmett Till, an African-American teenager who was lynched in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman.
Topics
History
Race and Ethnicity
Law Enforcement and Crime
Subjects
American history, African Americans, civil rights, racism, lynching, Mississippi
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(c) 2003-2017 WGBH Educational Foundation
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Moving Image
Duration
00:07:46
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Chicago: “American Experience; The Murder of Emmett Till; Interview with Wheeler Parker, cousin of Emmett Till,” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed March 29, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-hd7np1xj1k.
MLA: “American Experience; The Murder of Emmett Till; Interview with Wheeler Parker, cousin of Emmett Till.” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. March 29, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-hd7np1xj1k>.
APA: American Experience; The Murder of Emmett Till; Interview with Wheeler Parker, cousin of Emmett Till. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-hd7np1xj1k