American Experience The Murder of Emmett Till (Season 15, Episode 6)
TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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American Experience

The Murder of Emmett Till (Season 15, Episode 6)

TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary examining the 1955 murder of a 14-year-old boy from Chicago while visiting relatives in Mississippi, and the broad impact of his death, his funeral, and the subsequent trial and acquittal of his white killers.

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Andre Braugher Narrator Narrator See fewer	Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
Pat Antici Kidnapper Kidnapper See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Oudie Brown Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Harry Caise Self - Mortician Self - Mortician See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Magnolia Cooksey-Mathious Self - Emmett Till's Classmate Self - Emmett Till's Classmate See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Tony Czech Kidnapper Kidnapper See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Clara Davis Self - Mississippi Resident Self - Mississippi Resident See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Warren Hampton Self - Mississippi Resident Self - Mississippi Resident See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Richard Heard Self - Emmett Till's Classmate Self - Emmett Till's Classmate See fewer	Shindig! (1964)
John Herbers Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Rose Jourdain Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Mamie Till Mobley Self Self See fewer	Women of the Movement (2022)
Moses Newson Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	Freedom Riders (2010)
Wheeler Parker Self - Emmett Till's Cousin Self - Emmett Till's Cousin See fewer	The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (2005)
Betty Pearson Self - Mississippi Resident Self - Mississippi Resident See fewer	Let the World See (2022)
Willie Reed Self - Mississippi Resident Self - Mississippi Resident See fewer	The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (2005)
Clarence Strider Jr. Self - Son of Mississippi Sheriff Self - Son of Mississippi Sheriff See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Emmett Till Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
William Winter Self - Former Governor of Mississippi Self - Former Governor of Mississippi See fewer	Spies of Mississippi (2014)
Ernest Withers Self - Photographer Self - Photographer See fewer	This Far by Faith (2003)
Walker Boone Man (uncredited) Man (uncredited) See fewer	Warehouse 13 (2009)