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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:26,635 --> 00:00:30,030 ♪ Sincerely 2 00:00:31,074 --> 00:00:36,036 ♪ Oh, yes, sincerely 3 00:00:37,298 --> 00:00:41,215 ♪ 'Cause I love you so dearly 4 00:00:43,347 --> 00:00:47,351 ♪ Please say you'll be mine 5 00:00:51,312 --> 00:00:54,706 ♪ Sincerely 6 00:00:56,012 --> 00:00:58,188 ♪ Oh, you know 7 00:00:58,232 --> 00:01:02,062 ♪ How I love you 8 00:01:02,105 --> 00:01:06,066 ♪ I'll do anything for you 9 00:01:08,155 --> 00:01:12,159 ♪ Please say you'll be mine 10 00:01:21,037 --> 00:01:26,999 ♪ Why I love that girlie so 11 00:02:00,816 --> 00:02:02,209 Are you looking for something? 12 00:02:02,252 --> 00:02:04,472 No, I'm just doing a little shopping. 13 00:02:04,515 --> 00:02:06,735 We also have shoes in the basement. 14 00:02:09,259 --> 00:02:11,348 Do your other customers know that too? 15 00:02:11,392 --> 00:02:12,958 Mama. 16 00:02:13,002 --> 00:02:15,047 Which one do you like better? 17 00:02:15,091 --> 00:02:16,005 Pardon me. 18 00:02:20,488 --> 00:02:22,707 I think I like this one. 19 00:02:22,751 --> 00:02:25,145 Will you really need a wallet while you're down there? 20 00:02:25,188 --> 00:02:27,016 Oh, Mama. Please? 21 00:02:29,236 --> 00:02:30,324 Okay. Fine. 22 00:02:30,367 --> 00:02:32,108 Let's just go pay for it and go home now. 23 00:02:57,220 --> 00:02:58,613 -Sing out. 24 00:02:58,656 --> 00:03:00,310 ♪ I love Bosco 25 00:03:00,354 --> 00:03:02,094 ♪ It's rich and chocolaty 26 00:03:16,457 --> 00:03:18,850 -Whoa! My man! 27 00:03:18,894 --> 00:03:19,938 You did that. 28 00:03:19,982 --> 00:03:21,723 You didn't stutter, not one time. 29 00:03:22,724 --> 00:03:23,855 Now, Bo, you know 30 00:03:23,899 --> 00:03:25,466 it's time for you to go to bed. 31 00:03:26,293 --> 00:03:27,990 Aw... 32 00:03:28,033 --> 00:03:30,210 You know you got a big day tomorrow. 33 00:03:30,253 --> 00:03:31,733 Come on. Give Grandma a hug. 34 00:03:37,304 --> 00:03:38,566 I'll see you when you get back. 35 00:03:38,609 --> 00:03:39,610 Bring it in. 36 00:03:42,613 --> 00:03:43,614 Good night, Mr. G. 37 00:03:43,658 --> 00:03:44,659 All right. 38 00:03:45,877 --> 00:03:47,227 Oh. 39 00:03:47,270 --> 00:03:49,620 You two don't get married before I get back. 40 00:03:49,664 --> 00:03:51,274 Can't get married without my best man. 41 00:03:51,927 --> 00:03:53,145 Good night. 42 00:03:56,105 --> 00:03:57,237 What? Is it my bedtime too? 43 00:03:58,281 --> 00:03:59,326 Could be. 44 00:04:01,980 --> 00:04:03,025 Good night. 45 00:04:04,505 --> 00:04:06,246 I'll call you after Bo gets on the train. 46 00:04:08,422 --> 00:04:09,510 Mrs. Spearman. 47 00:04:10,989 --> 00:04:12,382 She'll see you tomorrow. 48 00:04:12,426 --> 00:04:13,731 -All right. Good night. -Good night. 49 00:04:19,346 --> 00:04:20,695 What's wrong, Mamie? 50 00:04:25,526 --> 00:04:27,267 We've never been apart this long. 51 00:04:29,312 --> 00:04:32,054 He's just going to see his cousins. 52 00:04:32,097 --> 00:04:34,274 It's not a bad thing for him to know where he come from. 53 00:04:34,317 --> 00:04:36,624 Well, Chicago is all he needs to know. 54 00:04:36,667 --> 00:04:38,582 I don't want him seeing himself 55 00:04:38,626 --> 00:04:40,715 the way those people are seen down there. 56 00:04:42,064 --> 00:04:43,370 Those people like me? 57 00:04:45,937 --> 00:04:47,983 Even you left Mississippi, Mama. 58 00:04:50,377 --> 00:04:53,380 Mamie, Bo is growing up. 59 00:04:54,381 --> 00:04:56,252 You gonna have to let him go. 60 00:04:58,385 --> 00:05:00,691 All right, I know that face. 61 00:05:00,735 --> 00:05:01,997 That is the face of 62 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,347 "Mama, mind your business, and go home." 63 00:05:04,391 --> 00:05:05,435 Where's my pocket book? 64 00:05:05,479 --> 00:05:06,741 Mm-hmm. Right here. 65 00:05:06,784 --> 00:05:07,698 Oh, there it is. 66 00:05:08,830 --> 00:05:11,528 You need to get you some rest too. 67 00:05:11,572 --> 00:05:12,964 -I will. -Come on, baby. 68 00:05:13,008 --> 00:05:14,749 -I'll call you tomorrow. -All right. 69 00:05:20,102 --> 00:05:22,191 -Good night, Mama. -Good night, darlin'. 70 00:06:08,368 --> 00:06:09,369 A delightful day 71 00:06:09,412 --> 00:06:10,761 here in our town of Chicago 72 00:06:10,805 --> 00:06:12,067 and I presume that you're, sort of, 73 00:06:12,110 --> 00:06:13,111 munching on Wrigley's Spearmint, 74 00:06:13,155 --> 00:06:14,591 and you're all relaxed, 75 00:06:14,635 --> 00:06:16,114 and pleasantly situated wherever you are. 76 00:06:16,158 --> 00:06:17,594 The sun's probably shining 77 00:06:17,638 --> 00:06:19,770 in your heart and your town too. 78 00:06:36,483 --> 00:06:38,136 ♪ Was he beeped 79 00:06:38,180 --> 00:06:40,225 ♪ When he should've... bopped 80 00:06:50,671 --> 00:06:52,020 I got this ready for you. 81 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:19,569 All right, now, you're gonna miss your train. 82 00:07:21,658 --> 00:07:24,008 Bo, when you get down there... 83 00:07:24,052 --> 00:07:25,836 Oh, not again, Mama. 84 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:27,316 I've already been to Mississippi. 85 00:07:27,359 --> 00:07:28,796 Only one time before, 86 00:07:28,839 --> 00:07:31,929 and you started a fight with another little boy. 87 00:07:31,973 --> 00:07:34,802 He was picking on me. 88 00:07:34,845 --> 00:07:36,630 You're in the right to stand up for yourself, 89 00:07:36,673 --> 00:07:38,327 but that's not what I'm talking about. 90 00:07:42,723 --> 00:07:44,202 Well, they have a different set of rules 91 00:07:44,246 --> 00:07:45,334 for Negroes down there. 92 00:07:45,377 --> 00:07:46,466 Are you listening? 93 00:07:47,510 --> 00:07:49,469 Yes. 94 00:07:49,512 --> 00:07:51,732 You have to be extra careful with White people. 95 00:07:51,775 --> 00:07:53,864 You can't risk looking at them the wrong way. 96 00:07:53,908 --> 00:07:54,909 I know. 97 00:07:57,172 --> 00:07:58,173 Bo. 98 00:08:00,044 --> 00:08:01,872 Be small down there. 99 00:08:03,526 --> 00:08:04,484 Like this? 100 00:08:23,198 --> 00:08:24,808 Instead of your father's ring, 101 00:08:24,852 --> 00:08:26,201 how about you wear the cufflinks 102 00:08:26,244 --> 00:08:27,550 we got you last Christmas? 103 00:08:27,594 --> 00:08:29,639 They'll look so handsome on you. 104 00:08:29,683 --> 00:08:31,728 No, Mama. 105 00:08:31,772 --> 00:08:33,121 I wanna wear the ring. 106 00:08:44,567 --> 00:08:46,526 Thank you. 107 00:08:47,222 --> 00:08:48,528 Go on downstairs. 108 00:08:48,571 --> 00:08:50,312 I need to finish getting ready myself. 109 00:09:14,162 --> 00:09:15,511 Ah, morning, Mamie! 110 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:17,382 Morning, Preacher. Good morning, Wheeler. 111 00:09:17,426 --> 00:09:18,862 Hi, Miss Mamie. Hi, Bo. 112 00:09:18,906 --> 00:09:20,690 You're leaving Chicago too soon. 113 00:09:20,734 --> 00:09:22,126 You were only here a few days. 114 00:09:22,170 --> 00:09:23,606 I didn't need no more days than that. 115 00:09:23,650 --> 00:09:25,565 I got to see some family, a few friends. 116 00:09:25,608 --> 00:09:26,696 Maybe we get you to come down... 117 00:09:26,740 --> 00:09:27,871 -...see us. -All aboard! 118 00:09:27,915 --> 00:09:29,046 I like it just fine out here, Preacher. 119 00:09:29,090 --> 00:09:30,047 All right, now. 120 00:09:30,091 --> 00:09:31,701 Bo, stay close to your cousins. 121 00:09:31,745 --> 00:09:33,181 Preacher, you and Aunty Lizzie 122 00:09:33,224 --> 00:09:35,575 make sure Bo calls and writes every chance he gets. 123 00:09:35,618 --> 00:09:37,054 I need to know he's okay. 124 00:09:37,098 --> 00:09:38,534 Don't worry. 125 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:40,405 Me, Lizzie, and the boys will have a stern eye on him. 126 00:09:40,449 --> 00:09:41,972 Goodbye, Mamie. 127 00:09:43,713 --> 00:09:45,236 All right, now. Come on, Bobo. 128 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:46,368 Buh-bye, Mama. 129 00:09:46,411 --> 00:09:48,413 Oh, Bo! You didn't kiss me goodbye. 130 00:09:48,457 --> 00:09:49,850 Mama. I gotta go. 131 00:09:51,025 --> 00:09:52,243 Listen to Preacher. 132 00:09:52,287 --> 00:09:54,637 Stay with your cousins at all times. 133 00:09:54,681 --> 00:09:56,378 Be extra careful. 134 00:09:56,421 --> 00:09:57,901 I already know. 135 00:10:01,339 --> 00:10:02,340 You know what? 136 00:10:03,907 --> 00:10:06,040 I won't need to keep the time on my vacation. 137 00:10:06,693 --> 00:10:07,781 Wind it every day. 138 00:10:07,824 --> 00:10:09,347 Last call! Train's leaving! 139 00:10:16,267 --> 00:10:18,356 Buh-bye, Mama. 140 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:19,967 Come on, Bobo. Aight, Mamie. 141 00:11:20,027 --> 00:11:21,202 Time to move now. 142 00:12:24,831 --> 00:12:26,310 -Now, 143 00:12:26,354 --> 00:12:28,356 all you gotta do is pinch the bract right here, 144 00:12:28,399 --> 00:12:30,532 so you don't get your fingertips... 145 00:12:32,403 --> 00:12:35,189 Hey, look at the size of that bird. 146 00:12:36,103 --> 00:12:37,539 Whoa! 147 00:12:37,582 --> 00:12:39,410 Where'd you get that ring? 148 00:12:39,454 --> 00:12:41,499 Oh, it was my daddy's. 149 00:12:41,543 --> 00:12:43,458 He died a hero in the war. 150 00:12:44,459 --> 00:12:45,852 Well, let me try it on. 151 00:12:46,983 --> 00:12:49,116 Um, maybe later. 152 00:12:49,638 --> 00:12:50,639 All right. 153 00:13:04,131 --> 00:13:05,436 -Bo? -Is he all right? 154 00:13:06,046 --> 00:13:07,047 Bobo! 155 00:13:07,525 --> 00:13:08,526 Come on. 156 00:13:09,223 --> 00:13:11,181 Roar! 157 00:13:11,225 --> 00:13:14,097 From the depths of an ancient tomb, 158 00:13:14,141 --> 00:13:16,578 echoes a sound that shakes the world. 159 00:13:17,318 --> 00:13:19,711 Meet the mummy, Simmy! 160 00:13:19,755 --> 00:13:21,017 Stop! 161 00:13:21,061 --> 00:13:22,627 You gonna get us in trouble. 162 00:13:22,671 --> 00:13:26,806 Or better yet, fired. I'm done picking these fields. 163 00:13:26,849 --> 00:13:28,764 What do y'all do with all this cotton anyway? 164 00:13:29,765 --> 00:13:31,811 We sell it. 165 00:13:31,854 --> 00:13:34,465 Mr. Frederick, who own the land, take his share. 166 00:13:34,509 --> 00:13:36,598 I go to market with our haul. 167 00:13:36,641 --> 00:13:39,383 -Sounds pretty square. -Hmm. 168 00:13:39,427 --> 00:13:40,863 Pa, you gonna let him sass you that way? 169 00:13:40,907 --> 00:13:42,256 What way? 170 00:13:42,299 --> 00:13:43,823 The boy doesn't know where his clothes come from. 171 00:13:46,695 --> 00:13:47,870 Nah. 172 00:13:47,914 --> 00:13:49,872 I take it back, Bobo. Stay off the farm. 173 00:13:51,743 --> 00:13:53,876 City boy won't even know how he found a whuppin'. 174 00:14:32,132 --> 00:14:34,047 Yes, he is. 175 00:14:34,090 --> 00:14:35,439 Damn near pass out. 176 00:14:41,619 --> 00:14:43,621 Come on, sit down. Sit down, come on. 177 00:14:48,452 --> 00:14:49,540 Hey, young boy. 178 00:14:51,542 --> 00:14:52,761 How you doin' there, young fella? 179 00:14:52,804 --> 00:14:53,893 Come on, learn somethin'. 180 00:14:53,936 --> 00:14:55,329 Well, I'm about raised from the dead 181 00:14:55,372 --> 00:14:56,417 by all this excitement. 182 00:14:58,288 --> 00:14:59,333 Pay attention here, 183 00:14:59,376 --> 00:15:00,900 you gonna let us learn you something. 184 00:15:02,423 --> 00:15:03,685 I'll make damn sure. 185 00:15:03,728 --> 00:15:05,513 -I'mma do what I do. 186 00:15:20,136 --> 00:15:21,311 Thank you, ma'am. 187 00:15:32,192 --> 00:15:33,802 You look like a movie star. 188 00:15:34,716 --> 00:15:35,717 What? 189 00:15:41,027 --> 00:15:42,245 Where's Bobo? 190 00:15:42,289 --> 00:15:44,117 He's in there. 191 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,989 Simmy. See to Bobo while he's inside. 192 00:15:53,865 --> 00:15:54,866 See? 193 00:16:06,226 --> 00:16:07,227 Come on. 194 00:16:07,923 --> 00:16:09,055 Bye! 195 00:16:09,098 --> 00:16:11,187 Buh-bye! 196 00:16:11,231 --> 00:16:12,972 -Come on, let's go! -Yeah? 197 00:16:34,515 --> 00:16:36,517 She getting her gun. She getting her gun, y'all. 198 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:37,779 Come on! Move! 199 00:16:37,822 --> 00:16:39,041 -Get up, now! Come on! -Move! 200 00:16:39,085 --> 00:16:41,913 Move! She goin' to get a gun, y'all! 201 00:16:41,957 --> 00:16:44,394 -Get in! -Just lay low. 202 00:16:44,438 --> 00:16:45,439 Come on, Mau! 203 00:17:53,681 --> 00:17:54,943 Why aren't you at work? 204 00:17:57,206 --> 00:17:58,294 Is everything okay? 205 00:18:00,731 --> 00:18:02,951 That trip we planned to take Bo on? 206 00:18:03,430 --> 00:18:04,431 Let's go now. 207 00:18:06,302 --> 00:18:08,565 You wanna go right now? 208 00:18:08,609 --> 00:18:09,958 You said you weren't feeling that well. 209 00:18:10,001 --> 00:18:12,352 I was just missing Bo. 210 00:18:16,747 --> 00:18:19,881 I'm still missing Bo. 211 00:18:19,924 --> 00:18:21,578 We have never been apart this long, 212 00:18:21,622 --> 00:18:23,232 and he's gonna be gone another week. 213 00:18:23,276 --> 00:18:25,147 I need to keep doing things 214 00:18:25,191 --> 00:18:28,281 to take my mind off of this feelin'. 215 00:18:31,458 --> 00:18:32,459 Okay. 216 00:18:33,329 --> 00:18:35,462 I can't go right now, but, uh, 217 00:18:36,202 --> 00:18:37,333 we'll try in a few days. 218 00:18:37,377 --> 00:18:40,075 Promise me we'll go on the trip? 219 00:18:41,685 --> 00:18:42,686 Of course. 220 00:18:58,528 --> 00:19:01,314 I'm trying not to act so silly! 221 00:19:01,357 --> 00:19:02,663 Better watch yourself. 222 00:19:04,230 --> 00:19:06,275 I don't know, 'cause when he looks at me, 223 00:19:06,319 --> 00:19:08,364 I just lose my mind! 224 00:19:08,408 --> 00:19:10,845 Oh! But just be yourself. 225 00:19:10,888 --> 00:19:13,848 Okay. I'll try. It's gonna be all right. 226 00:19:18,548 --> 00:19:21,247 Oh! Nice try. 227 00:19:21,290 --> 00:19:22,900 It's a high-speed competition, huh? 228 00:19:22,944 --> 00:19:24,728 They call you city boy, or somethin'? 229 00:19:27,340 --> 00:19:28,906 Think you so damn funny, huh? 230 00:19:31,344 --> 00:19:32,475 Why you whistle like that? 231 00:19:33,824 --> 00:19:36,262 Look, it's been three days, okay? 232 00:19:36,305 --> 00:19:37,611 And we haven't heard nothin' more 233 00:19:37,654 --> 00:19:39,003 about what I did in Money. 234 00:19:39,047 --> 00:19:41,005 That's 'cause no one knows your face 'round here. 235 00:19:41,049 --> 00:19:42,224 That don't mean they not in one of 'em cars 236 00:19:42,268 --> 00:19:43,312 looking for us. 237 00:19:43,356 --> 00:19:44,879 Look, I said I was sorry. 238 00:19:46,141 --> 00:19:47,925 We gotta tell Pappa. 239 00:19:47,969 --> 00:19:50,189 We all agreed we wouldn't say anything. 240 00:19:50,232 --> 00:19:51,581 He'll make Bobo go home. 241 00:19:51,625 --> 00:19:53,496 So what? 242 00:19:53,540 --> 00:19:55,411 You don't see what's been going on around here? 243 00:19:55,455 --> 00:19:56,760 They killin' Negroes 244 00:19:56,804 --> 00:19:59,328 for doing way less than what you did in Money. 245 00:19:59,372 --> 00:20:01,200 You ain't no White man, Bobo. You one of us! 246 00:20:01,243 --> 00:20:02,505 Hey, leave him alone, Maurice. 247 00:20:02,549 --> 00:20:04,246 Mrs. Bryant must've kept it to herself. 248 00:20:04,290 --> 00:20:05,682 No one has to know. 249 00:20:24,658 --> 00:20:27,356 -Willie Mae, Ollie, 250 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,054 I swear you two are losing on purpose. 251 00:20:30,098 --> 00:20:31,969 Yeah, well, you must have all the luck tonight, Mamie. 252 00:20:32,013 --> 00:20:33,971 -Mm-hmm. 253 00:20:34,015 --> 00:20:35,538 Now, we've been here all night, 254 00:20:35,582 --> 00:20:37,714 and you still haven't told us what's bothering you. 255 00:20:37,758 --> 00:20:39,281 I'm fine. 256 00:20:39,325 --> 00:20:41,370 I got a letter today from Aunty Lizzie. 257 00:20:41,414 --> 00:20:44,373 She said Bo is really happy. That's all I needed to hear. 258 00:20:44,417 --> 00:20:45,940 Mm. 259 00:20:45,983 --> 00:20:47,333 -That's real good, Mamie. -Mm-hmm. 260 00:20:47,376 --> 00:20:48,943 My boy, Curtis, just made it down to Mississippi. 261 00:20:48,986 --> 00:20:50,074 I already told Uncle, 262 00:20:50,118 --> 00:20:51,728 "Make sure he see Bo tomorrow." 263 00:20:51,772 --> 00:20:52,903 Bo would like that. 264 00:20:52,947 --> 00:20:54,383 Yeah. 265 00:20:54,427 --> 00:20:55,993 It'd be nice for him to have another friend... 266 00:20:56,037 --> 00:20:57,908 -...from the city there with him. -Mm-hmm. 267 00:20:57,952 --> 00:20:59,606 Oh, he just doesn't understand 268 00:20:59,649 --> 00:21:01,303 how different things are down there. 269 00:21:01,347 --> 00:21:02,652 Yeah. 270 00:21:02,696 --> 00:21:05,351 Aunty Lizzie said Bo's been working the fields. 271 00:21:05,394 --> 00:21:07,440 -Oh! 272 00:21:07,483 --> 00:21:10,878 I can't imagine Bo in the hot sun 273 00:21:10,921 --> 00:21:12,662 all day pulling some cotton. 274 00:21:12,706 --> 00:21:14,229 No. 275 00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:17,493 But Aunty Lizzie said I raised one nice, hardworking boy. 276 00:21:17,537 --> 00:21:19,278 -That's my Bo. -Yes. 277 00:21:23,543 --> 00:21:25,588 Can't believe he's been gone a week. 278 00:21:26,850 --> 00:21:29,070 Gene and I wanna take a trip soon, 279 00:21:29,113 --> 00:21:31,115 but I really wanna go down to Mississippi 280 00:21:31,159 --> 00:21:32,465 and bring my son home. 281 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,164 If Bo could just get his feet back 282 00:21:36,207 --> 00:21:38,906 onto the Chicago soil, he'd be one happy kid. 283 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:48,611 I... I don't know why I said that. 284 00:21:53,616 --> 00:21:55,183 Looks like your little winning streak 285 00:21:55,226 --> 00:21:56,227 is over, Mamie. 286 00:22:00,754 --> 00:22:03,365 -Well, look at that. 287 00:22:03,409 --> 00:22:04,671 You wanna play one more hand? 288 00:22:04,714 --> 00:22:05,715 Sure. 289 00:22:05,759 --> 00:22:07,369 But you deal this time. 290 00:22:07,413 --> 00:22:09,328 Absolutely. You still gonna lose. 291 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,595 -These cards, girl. 292 00:22:17,031 --> 00:22:18,685 A grand jury has declined 293 00:22:18,728 --> 00:22:20,295 to indict the suspect 294 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:22,384 for the murder of Reverend George Washington Lee, 295 00:22:22,428 --> 00:22:25,561 a Mississippi Negro man killed while driving his car. 296 00:22:25,605 --> 00:22:29,173 Lee lead the Belzoni, Mississippi NAACP 297 00:22:29,217 --> 00:22:31,872 in his efforts to register hundreds of Negroes 298 00:22:31,915 --> 00:22:33,352 -to vote for the first time. 299 00:22:41,055 --> 00:22:43,100 Pappa, you and Mama ain't asleep? 300 00:22:43,144 --> 00:22:44,319 Mm. 301 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:46,626 How can we sleep when y'all ain't home yet? 302 00:22:46,669 --> 00:22:48,541 What'd you boys get into tonight? 303 00:22:48,584 --> 00:22:50,456 Nothing much, Daddy. Just taking Bobo around. 304 00:22:50,499 --> 00:22:51,935 Mm. 305 00:22:51,979 --> 00:22:53,459 All right. Night, Ma. Night, Pa. 306 00:22:53,502 --> 00:22:54,590 -Good night. -Night night. 307 00:22:54,634 --> 00:22:55,548 Good night. 308 00:22:58,464 --> 00:22:59,421 Bobo! 309 00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:04,731 We leaving early tomorrow 310 00:23:04,774 --> 00:23:06,515 to mail that letter out to your mama, you hear? 311 00:23:07,473 --> 00:23:10,606 Okay. Good night. 312 00:23:10,650 --> 00:23:12,434 Good night. 313 00:23:12,478 --> 00:23:15,655 -That was close. 314 00:23:15,698 --> 00:23:18,266 ...after having registered dozens of Negroes 315 00:23:18,309 --> 00:23:20,399 to vote in the local runoff election. 316 00:23:20,442 --> 00:23:22,705 No charges have been made. 317 00:24:49,531 --> 00:24:50,576 Preacher! 318 00:24:51,577 --> 00:24:52,621 Preacher! 319 00:24:54,014 --> 00:24:55,232 Who is it? 320 00:24:55,276 --> 00:24:56,364 It's Mr. Bryant. 321 00:24:56,407 --> 00:24:58,366 I wanna talk to you about that boy. 322 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:01,804 Sir? 323 00:25:01,848 --> 00:25:02,979 I want that boy 324 00:25:03,023 --> 00:25:04,851 who did the talking down in Money. 325 00:25:05,678 --> 00:25:08,158 Talking, sir? What talking? 326 00:25:08,202 --> 00:25:09,682 Open up this door, Preacher! 327 00:25:12,075 --> 00:25:13,076 Bobo! 328 00:25:14,817 --> 00:25:17,254 You better open up this door, Preacher! 329 00:25:17,298 --> 00:25:18,647 Bobo! Wake up! 330 00:25:19,866 --> 00:25:21,607 Leave me alone. 331 00:25:21,650 --> 00:25:22,738 Get up! Someone's come! 332 00:25:22,782 --> 00:25:24,131 You know who I'm talking about! 333 00:25:24,174 --> 00:25:25,219 So what? 334 00:25:25,262 --> 00:25:26,786 They've come for you! 335 00:25:26,829 --> 00:25:28,048 I don't know. 336 00:25:28,091 --> 00:25:29,223 Who's come? 337 00:25:30,616 --> 00:25:32,661 I don't know what you mean, Mr. Bryant. 338 00:25:32,705 --> 00:25:35,055 You got that boy from Chicago. 339 00:25:55,815 --> 00:25:57,294 You that big mouth nigger? 340 00:25:58,252 --> 00:25:59,166 Who are you? 341 00:26:00,210 --> 00:26:01,472 Get your clothes on. 342 00:26:05,433 --> 00:26:08,218 Mr. Bryant, you ain't got to do this. 343 00:26:08,262 --> 00:26:09,568 He just a young boy. 344 00:26:09,611 --> 00:26:10,960 Better shut them eyes. 345 00:26:11,004 --> 00:26:12,266 -Oh! -Simmy! 346 00:26:23,407 --> 00:26:25,584 You don't need no goddamn socks, boy. 347 00:26:28,282 --> 00:26:30,240 I... I don't wear shoes without socks. 348 00:26:32,373 --> 00:26:33,983 Don't talk back to them! 349 00:26:34,027 --> 00:26:35,419 We just gonna teach him a lesson. 350 00:26:35,463 --> 00:26:36,638 Stay right here, Simmy! 351 00:26:36,682 --> 00:26:37,813 -Please! -Move! 352 00:26:37,857 --> 00:26:39,336 -Don't take him! -Move! 353 00:26:39,380 --> 00:26:42,122 I'll whup him if he's done something wrong! 354 00:26:42,165 --> 00:26:44,646 We'll give you money. 355 00:26:44,690 --> 00:26:45,778 Watch out. 356 00:26:45,821 --> 00:26:46,822 We don't need no money! 357 00:26:47,736 --> 00:26:48,650 Please! 358 00:26:48,694 --> 00:26:50,521 The boy ain't got good sense. 359 00:26:50,565 --> 00:26:51,653 He's gonna learn! 360 00:26:55,048 --> 00:26:56,266 But, Mr. Bryant! 361 00:26:59,922 --> 00:27:01,010 What'd you say to my brother? 362 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:15,677 All right. Get up. 363 00:27:18,985 --> 00:27:20,116 Carolyn! 364 00:27:21,335 --> 00:27:22,553 Is this the right nigger? 365 00:27:28,255 --> 00:27:29,430 That's the one. 366 00:27:30,126 --> 00:27:31,171 All right. 367 00:27:33,695 --> 00:27:34,870 Get off me. 368 00:27:34,914 --> 00:27:36,524 Shut up, boy! Shut up. 369 00:27:39,309 --> 00:27:41,660 -All right. 370 00:28:40,806 --> 00:28:42,111 Look at me, boy! 371 00:28:44,113 --> 00:28:45,332 Hold him down! 372 00:28:47,073 --> 00:28:49,162 -Watch it, now! 373 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:52,165 Shut your mouth! 374 00:28:54,167 --> 00:28:55,821 Come on. Get up! Get up! 375 00:28:55,864 --> 00:28:56,909 Hold him up! 376 00:29:45,871 --> 00:29:46,872 Hello? 377 00:29:53,269 --> 00:29:55,445 Get out of the way, Gene! I gotta get to Money! 378 00:29:55,489 --> 00:29:57,012 Money? Money? Mamie, what's going on? 379 00:29:57,056 --> 00:29:58,318 They took Bo! 380 00:29:58,361 --> 00:29:59,798 -Who took Bo? -I... 381 00:29:59,841 --> 00:30:01,843 Preacher told me two men came and got Bo last night. 382 00:30:01,887 --> 00:30:03,279 I couldn't hear anything else after that. 383 00:30:03,323 --> 00:30:04,846 -I gotta find Bo! -Mamie! Mamie! Mamie! 384 00:30:04,890 --> 00:30:08,023 Mamie, let's go inside, call your mama, 385 00:30:08,067 --> 00:30:10,069 try and get in touch with Preacher and Aunty Lizzie 386 00:30:10,112 --> 00:30:11,113 for more information, okay? 387 00:30:12,419 --> 00:30:14,116 -Come on. Come on. 388 00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:19,730 We give you all the glory, Lord. 389 00:30:19,774 --> 00:30:21,689 -Glory to God. -Yes. 390 00:30:21,732 --> 00:30:24,997 Glory to God. Yes, Lord. Glory to God. 391 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,086 -Yes. -Mm-hmm. 392 00:30:27,129 --> 00:30:29,610 He's going to bring him back to you, baby. 393 00:30:30,916 --> 00:30:32,091 Yes, ma'am. 394 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:36,051 Alma. 395 00:30:36,095 --> 00:30:37,313 Thank you. 396 00:30:40,490 --> 00:30:41,491 Mamie. 397 00:30:43,058 --> 00:30:44,059 Alma. 398 00:30:45,278 --> 00:30:46,714 You weren't going to tell me? 399 00:30:48,194 --> 00:30:49,804 I called your wife. 400 00:30:52,938 --> 00:30:56,506 No matter the differences between me and your mother, 401 00:30:57,203 --> 00:30:58,813 I'm still your father. 402 00:31:00,075 --> 00:31:01,076 Mamie, 403 00:31:02,469 --> 00:31:04,819 we're gonna find Bo. 404 00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:07,300 -Mm. -Sit down. 405 00:31:07,343 --> 00:31:10,781 I brought your cousin along to help us. 406 00:31:10,825 --> 00:31:14,002 Do you remember Rayfield? Rayfield Mooty. 407 00:31:15,351 --> 00:31:18,398 Came by the house a lot when you was a kid. 408 00:31:18,441 --> 00:31:21,053 He works with some powerful Negro people 409 00:31:21,096 --> 00:31:22,837 who can help us find Bo. 410 00:31:24,578 --> 00:31:26,232 It's been a long time, ma'am. 411 00:31:26,275 --> 00:31:27,973 -Nice to see you again. -Mm. 412 00:31:29,278 --> 00:31:30,279 Mamie. 413 00:31:31,541 --> 00:31:34,501 Oh. I'm sorry. 414 00:31:34,544 --> 00:31:37,634 Thank you for coming, Mr. Mooty. 415 00:31:37,678 --> 00:31:38,897 I've, uh... 416 00:31:40,986 --> 00:31:45,599 I've been in touch with Mr. William Huff, 417 00:31:45,642 --> 00:31:49,298 counsel for the NAACP chapter here in Chicago. 418 00:31:49,342 --> 00:31:52,171 He wants to meet with you first thing tomorrow morning. 419 00:31:52,214 --> 00:31:55,304 I've included the address to his office. 420 00:31:56,262 --> 00:31:57,263 Here. 421 00:32:00,396 --> 00:32:01,876 He has political connections 422 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,791 throughout the state of Mississippi. 423 00:32:03,834 --> 00:32:06,141 And he's in regular contact with Mayor Daley, 424 00:32:06,185 --> 00:32:08,752 Congressman Dawson, and Governor Stratton. 425 00:32:10,189 --> 00:32:12,974 I do know the NAACP, 426 00:32:13,018 --> 00:32:16,717 and it sounds like he knows the right people 427 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,938 who can help me find Bo. 428 00:32:22,157 --> 00:32:23,942 Well, I'll meet you in Mr. Huff's office 429 00:32:23,985 --> 00:32:25,552 tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. 430 00:32:27,989 --> 00:32:29,512 -Thanks, Ray. -Mm-hmm. 431 00:32:29,556 --> 00:32:30,949 I will see you soon. 432 00:32:35,649 --> 00:32:37,956 Hey. 433 00:33:32,053 --> 00:33:33,272 It's on your calendar, 434 00:33:33,315 --> 00:33:34,969 and you have the meeting right after that. 435 00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:36,449 Morning! 436 00:33:36,492 --> 00:33:37,841 Hi, John. How are you today? 437 00:33:56,164 --> 00:33:58,297 Mr. Huff, this is Mrs. Bradley. 438 00:33:58,340 --> 00:34:00,603 Thank you for meeting with us, Mr. Huff. 439 00:34:00,647 --> 00:34:02,518 -And Mr. Mobley. -Yes, thank you. 440 00:34:02,562 --> 00:34:05,521 I have great respect for your cousin. 441 00:34:05,565 --> 00:34:07,610 His work with the United Steelworkers has helped 442 00:34:07,654 --> 00:34:10,048 to make it one of the strongest Negro unions. 443 00:34:11,223 --> 00:34:13,225 -I didn't know that. -Mm-hmm. 444 00:34:17,838 --> 00:34:18,839 Are you employed? 445 00:34:20,667 --> 00:34:21,929 I work for the Air Force. 446 00:34:21,972 --> 00:34:23,670 She's the only Negro woman in the office. 447 00:34:26,455 --> 00:34:27,761 Mrs. Bradley. 448 00:34:29,284 --> 00:34:30,329 You two aren't married? 449 00:34:31,765 --> 00:34:32,809 Um... 450 00:34:32,853 --> 00:34:33,941 No. 451 00:34:33,984 --> 00:34:35,116 Not yet, anyway. 452 00:34:36,161 --> 00:34:37,466 Where's Emmett's father? 453 00:34:39,860 --> 00:34:43,385 Louis Till died overseas about 10 years ago. 454 00:34:43,429 --> 00:34:44,691 Uh, during the war. 455 00:34:46,127 --> 00:34:47,781 And Mr. Bradley? 456 00:34:50,436 --> 00:34:52,612 You have a lot of questions for me, Mr. Huff. 457 00:34:52,655 --> 00:34:55,354 And none of them seem to have anything to do with my son. 458 00:35:02,056 --> 00:35:03,318 I've been briefed on your case. 459 00:35:03,362 --> 00:35:05,538 Bo is not a case. 460 00:35:08,758 --> 00:35:10,673 I've drafted two telegrams to send. 461 00:35:10,717 --> 00:35:12,936 One to Governor White in Mississippi. 462 00:35:12,980 --> 00:35:14,242 The other to Governor Stratton, 463 00:35:14,286 --> 00:35:16,070 here in Illinois. 464 00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:17,767 It's important they know about Emmett. 465 00:35:19,029 --> 00:35:20,857 We're currently investigating the murders 466 00:35:20,901 --> 00:35:22,946 of Lamar Smith and Reverend Lee. 467 00:35:22,990 --> 00:35:25,862 They did a lot of work getting Negroes registered to vote. 468 00:35:25,906 --> 00:35:27,342 Because of what happened to them, 469 00:35:27,386 --> 00:35:28,822 the Negro press in Mississippi 470 00:35:28,865 --> 00:35:31,303 started to write about Emmett's kidnapping, 471 00:35:31,346 --> 00:35:33,957 but it's not creating enough pressure needed 472 00:35:34,001 --> 00:35:36,960 to force them into a state-wide search. 473 00:35:38,832 --> 00:35:40,529 Now, as your counsel, 474 00:35:40,573 --> 00:35:44,142 I'd like to utilize all of the press here in Chicago. 475 00:35:44,185 --> 00:35:45,360 It's more likely to get picked up 476 00:35:45,404 --> 00:35:47,188 by other cities that way. 477 00:35:47,232 --> 00:35:48,929 You're gonna have to talk to reporters, 478 00:35:50,322 --> 00:35:51,714 speak in front of cameras. 479 00:35:52,585 --> 00:35:55,370 So... we like to make sure 480 00:35:55,414 --> 00:35:58,808 that the person who's telling the story is in public favor. 481 00:36:01,333 --> 00:36:03,900 It's better that I ask you questions now 482 00:36:03,944 --> 00:36:06,381 than some reporter finding something later. 483 00:36:11,691 --> 00:36:13,171 The reverend and Mr. Lee, 484 00:36:13,214 --> 00:36:15,782 I heard they were killed right before Bo got down there. 485 00:36:15,825 --> 00:36:17,436 Mamie... 486 00:36:17,479 --> 00:36:21,091 I know these Citizen Councils are everywhere in Mississippi. 487 00:36:21,135 --> 00:36:23,006 You think they had a part in any of it? 488 00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:28,360 When the message to White people 489 00:36:28,403 --> 00:36:32,015 is to stop Negroes from voting or advancing, 490 00:36:33,234 --> 00:36:35,149 by any means short of violence, 491 00:36:36,629 --> 00:36:37,891 it's only a matter of time 492 00:36:37,934 --> 00:36:40,328 before someone doesn't stop short of it. 493 00:36:42,287 --> 00:36:44,550 Let's just focus on finding Bo. 494 00:36:50,469 --> 00:36:51,992 Why do you call him "Bo"? 495 00:36:55,648 --> 00:36:57,737 When I was carrying him, 496 00:36:59,260 --> 00:37:01,436 my mama's friend would bring him gifts 497 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,873 all the time, and say, 498 00:37:03,917 --> 00:37:05,614 "Here's another one for little Bobo." 499 00:37:07,399 --> 00:37:10,402 After he was born, it just stuck. 500 00:37:14,493 --> 00:37:17,191 He was a perfect baby. 501 00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:20,934 Born breech, and had his share of problems, but... 502 00:37:23,676 --> 00:37:27,027 he was a perfect baby. 503 00:37:46,829 --> 00:37:48,875 Hi, we live across the street 504 00:37:48,918 --> 00:37:50,920 and read about what happened to Emmett. 505 00:37:50,964 --> 00:37:53,923 Everybody in the neighborhood knows that sweet little boy. 506 00:38:00,016 --> 00:38:01,409 But maybe somebody will read the paper, 507 00:38:01,453 --> 00:38:02,802 and they'll know Bo's ours. 508 00:38:02,845 --> 00:38:05,021 I don't care what anyone thinks Bo did 509 00:38:05,065 --> 00:38:07,110 or did not do in that store. 510 00:38:07,154 --> 00:38:09,765 They took my child, and I need him back. 511 00:38:11,941 --> 00:38:13,900 Hello? Mr. Huff! 512 00:38:15,075 --> 00:38:17,382 Yes, yes, yes. I'll get Mamie. 513 00:38:17,425 --> 00:38:18,905 Sounds like he has good news. 514 00:38:20,428 --> 00:38:21,516 Mr. Huff? 515 00:38:22,735 --> 00:38:24,389 He wrote back? 516 00:38:24,432 --> 00:38:26,260 The governor wants to talk to Mr. Huff 517 00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:27,696 about what happened to Bo. 518 00:38:27,740 --> 00:38:29,002 Thank you. 519 00:38:29,045 --> 00:38:30,743 Thank you for the update, Mr. Huff. 520 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,790 Okay. I'll be in touch. 521 00:38:51,503 --> 00:38:52,808 A reporter called me. 522 00:38:56,072 --> 00:38:58,031 He didn't wanna tell you himself. 523 00:39:04,124 --> 00:39:06,561 Bo's body was found in a river. 524 00:39:06,605 --> 00:39:08,998 Preacher just identified him to the sheriff. 525 00:39:09,042 --> 00:39:13,351 He... He recognized the ring Bo was wearing. 526 00:39:17,964 --> 00:39:19,966 I'm so sorry, Mamie. 527 00:39:21,707 --> 00:39:23,186 He's... 528 00:39:24,057 --> 00:39:25,406 He's dead. 529 00:40:14,368 --> 00:40:16,675 This is a breaking news bulletin. 530 00:40:17,676 --> 00:40:19,068 We interrupt this broadcast 531 00:40:19,112 --> 00:40:20,766 to report a breaking news story. 532 00:40:20,809 --> 00:40:24,813 The body of Emmett Louis Till has been found dead 533 00:40:24,857 --> 00:40:27,773 in the Tallahatchie River near Money, Mississippi. 534 00:40:27,816 --> 00:40:30,340 Till, a Negro boy from Chicago, was kidnapped 535 00:40:30,384 --> 00:40:32,734 while visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi. 536 00:40:32,778 --> 00:40:34,475 Again, that breaking news. 537 00:40:34,519 --> 00:40:37,086 The body of Emmett Louis Till has been found in Mississippi. 538 00:40:37,130 --> 00:40:38,566 We'll have details ahead... 539 00:40:38,610 --> 00:40:40,046 ...and J.W. Milam 540 00:40:40,089 --> 00:40:41,961 were already in police custody 541 00:40:42,004 --> 00:40:43,528 after admitting to the kidnapping, 542 00:40:43,571 --> 00:40:45,834 but they now face possible indictment 543 00:40:45,878 --> 00:40:47,532 for the murder of Till. 544 00:40:47,575 --> 00:40:52,362 We have proved by two or three witnesses 545 00:40:52,406 --> 00:40:54,756 that the body found in Tallahatchie River 546 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:56,497 was that of Emmett Till. 547 00:40:56,541 --> 00:40:58,760 We proved that the body had the ring... 548 00:40:58,804 --> 00:41:00,283 ...this lynching 549 00:41:00,327 --> 00:41:01,894 that the state of Mississippi has decided 550 00:41:01,937 --> 00:41:03,809 to maintain this White supremacy 551 00:41:03,852 --> 00:41:06,202 by murdering children. 552 00:41:07,726 --> 00:41:10,206 Look, it was because he was a boy, 553 00:41:10,250 --> 00:41:12,513 that's why they went there. 554 00:41:12,557 --> 00:41:15,516 They had to prove that they were superior. 555 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:17,170 They had to prove it 556 00:41:17,213 --> 00:41:21,130 by taking away a 14-year-old boy. 557 00:41:21,174 --> 00:41:22,741 Mamie, you need to eat something. 558 00:41:22,784 --> 00:41:24,873 The killers of the boy felt free to lynch him 559 00:41:24,917 --> 00:41:26,266 because there is, 560 00:41:26,309 --> 00:41:27,746 -in the entire state... 561 00:41:27,789 --> 00:41:30,226 ...no restraining influence of decency. 562 00:41:30,966 --> 00:41:31,837 Hate. 563 00:41:32,751 --> 00:41:34,448 It's like a virus in the blood 564 00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:35,841 -of the Mississippians. 565 00:41:35,884 --> 00:41:37,538 They can't help it. 566 00:41:37,582 --> 00:41:39,409 That was Roy Wilkins... 567 00:41:39,453 --> 00:41:42,064 -...the executive director of the NAACP... 568 00:41:42,108 --> 00:41:43,631 You mind if I speak with Mamie? 569 00:41:43,675 --> 00:41:45,067 ...giving his reaction to the recent killing 570 00:41:45,111 --> 00:41:48,070 of 14-year-old Negro boy, Emmett Till. 571 00:41:48,114 --> 00:41:50,203 Burial preparations by local sheriffs 572 00:41:50,246 --> 00:41:51,770 have already started being made 573 00:41:51,813 --> 00:41:53,946 in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, 574 00:41:53,989 --> 00:41:55,817 where Till's body was found. 575 00:41:55,861 --> 00:41:57,079 Mamie? 576 00:41:57,123 --> 00:41:57,950 Negro leaders are calling 577 00:41:57,993 --> 00:41:59,734 on local and federal officials 578 00:41:59,778 --> 00:42:02,476 to investigate the murder, and to indict J.W. Milam... 579 00:42:32,462 --> 00:42:33,420 Uh... 580 00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:40,862 -My sincere condolences... -Stop. 581 00:42:42,472 --> 00:42:43,473 I can't. 582 00:42:48,217 --> 00:42:50,306 I need Bo's body sent back here. 583 00:42:52,047 --> 00:42:54,006 I can't have him buried in Mississippi. 584 00:42:54,049 --> 00:42:56,051 Mississippi won't make that deal with you. 585 00:42:56,095 --> 00:42:57,139 Then make them. 586 00:43:00,055 --> 00:43:03,624 I'm sure Mr. Huff can get Mayor Daley 587 00:43:03,668 --> 00:43:05,539 or the governor to talk to somebody. 588 00:43:08,020 --> 00:43:09,238 Those people in Mississippi 589 00:43:09,282 --> 00:43:11,501 are trying to dump Bo in the ground 590 00:43:11,545 --> 00:43:13,503 like he's just another body. 591 00:43:13,547 --> 00:43:14,722 He is my baby. 592 00:43:17,116 --> 00:43:18,378 I need to see him. 593 00:43:26,865 --> 00:43:28,257 I'll speak with Mr. Huff. 594 00:43:28,301 --> 00:43:29,258 Thank you. 595 00:43:40,139 --> 00:43:41,793 You know... 596 00:43:44,230 --> 00:43:46,711 Mamie, you have the public's attention right now. 597 00:43:49,757 --> 00:43:50,845 And, uh, 598 00:43:52,455 --> 00:43:54,806 it would be in a politician's best interest 599 00:43:54,849 --> 00:43:56,677 to help you during an election year. 600 00:43:59,985 --> 00:44:02,161 There's an opportunity in that. 601 00:44:08,558 --> 00:44:10,822 Uh... 602 00:44:10,865 --> 00:44:15,783 Some organizers and executive members of the NAACP 603 00:44:15,827 --> 00:44:18,394 have been speaking with the justice department 604 00:44:18,438 --> 00:44:19,831 about creating legislation 605 00:44:19,874 --> 00:44:22,311 that would make lynching a federal crime. 606 00:44:25,271 --> 00:44:28,056 What happened to Reverend Lee was a lynching. 607 00:44:29,188 --> 00:44:31,712 Lamar Smith. A lynching. 608 00:44:34,541 --> 00:44:35,411 -Emmett... -I... 609 00:44:36,935 --> 00:44:38,937 uh... 610 00:44:39,894 --> 00:44:43,637 We have an opportunity 611 00:44:43,681 --> 00:44:47,989 to use this moment to help us pass this legislation. 612 00:44:48,033 --> 00:44:50,470 Might even help you get an indictment. 613 00:44:50,513 --> 00:44:51,776 Maybe even a conviction. 614 00:44:51,819 --> 00:44:55,388 I can't think about that right now. 615 00:44:55,431 --> 00:44:58,739 I just need Bo's body sent back here. 616 00:44:58,783 --> 00:45:02,221 Well, the public's paying attention right now, Mamie. 617 00:45:03,788 --> 00:45:05,964 See, this doesn't just have to be about Emmett. 618 00:45:06,007 --> 00:45:08,618 Mr. Mooty, my son is dead! 619 00:45:24,112 --> 00:45:27,681 Make sure Mr. Huff handles this today. 620 00:45:33,992 --> 00:45:35,167 Yes, ma'am. 621 00:46:26,392 --> 00:46:30,526 Rayfield's ready to take us to the train station. 622 00:46:35,531 --> 00:46:38,839 I, uh, got you a wheelchair. 623 00:46:38,883 --> 00:46:40,188 You know, just in case. 624 00:46:41,624 --> 00:46:43,061 I don't want you falling down. 625 00:46:50,329 --> 00:46:51,852 Preacher called again. 626 00:46:51,896 --> 00:46:55,203 He keeps trying to apologize to you, Mamie. 627 00:46:59,338 --> 00:47:00,730 Aunty Lizzie's coming up here. 628 00:47:00,774 --> 00:47:03,646 He has to stay behind to finish working the fields 629 00:47:03,690 --> 00:47:05,605 and talk to the prosecutor. 630 00:47:16,616 --> 00:47:18,748 I keep asking myself... 631 00:47:22,404 --> 00:47:23,928 "Why is this happening? 632 00:47:28,671 --> 00:47:31,109 "Why did he take my child from me? 633 00:47:38,507 --> 00:47:40,640 "What am I supposed to do now?" 634 00:47:50,476 --> 00:47:53,044 Yeah. I have to say goodbye to Mama. 635 00:48:06,753 --> 00:48:07,754 Mama. 636 00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:34,999 I'm the one who told him to go down there. 637 00:48:38,263 --> 00:48:40,308 I wanted him to go down there. 638 00:48:45,661 --> 00:48:47,228 I told him to go down. 639 00:48:50,753 --> 00:48:53,104 I told him to go down there. 640 00:49:41,021 --> 00:49:43,067 -All right. Get that. 641 00:50:07,221 --> 00:50:08,788 Oh, my God! 642 00:50:10,137 --> 00:50:12,531 My boy! 643 00:50:12,574 --> 00:50:16,317 My boy! My only child! 644 00:50:16,361 --> 00:50:18,537 My only boy! 645 00:50:20,887 --> 00:50:24,760 Oh, my Lord! Get him out of that box! 646 00:50:26,197 --> 00:50:29,200 Get him out of the box! 647 00:50:29,243 --> 00:50:32,507 Get him out of the box! He can't breathe! 648 00:50:33,900 --> 00:50:36,598 He can't breathe. My Lord! 649 00:50:38,731 --> 00:50:41,690 Oh, Lord, have mercy! 650 00:50:42,735 --> 00:50:44,128 Help me! 651 00:50:46,260 --> 00:50:49,046 -Oh, my God! 652 00:50:51,004 --> 00:50:54,181 Oh, Lord, have mercy! 653 00:50:55,139 --> 00:50:58,316 Show me what you want me to do. 654 00:50:58,359 --> 00:51:01,493 Oh, Lord, show me what you want me to do 655 00:51:01,536 --> 00:51:04,104 and make me able to do it! 656 00:51:04,148 --> 00:51:05,932 My Lord! 657 00:51:17,248 --> 00:51:18,466 I need to prepare you. 658 00:51:23,776 --> 00:51:25,125 Remove the sheet. 659 00:51:35,092 --> 00:51:38,095 Oh, God. 660 00:51:51,586 --> 00:51:53,893 -Everyone, leave us. 661 00:55:17,139 --> 00:55:18,358 How long will it take you 662 00:55:18,402 --> 00:55:20,055 to turn the body over to us? 663 00:55:20,099 --> 00:55:21,361 Figure out the next step. 664 00:55:21,405 --> 00:55:23,145 Talk to the church. 665 00:55:23,189 --> 00:55:26,714 Gene, can you go back to my place 666 00:55:26,758 --> 00:55:29,108 and bring back Emmett's black suit? 667 00:55:29,151 --> 00:55:31,632 The one he wore last Christmas. 668 00:55:31,676 --> 00:55:33,504 Mama can tell you exactly where it is. 669 00:55:33,547 --> 00:55:35,419 And make sure to get my black dress 670 00:55:35,462 --> 00:55:37,116 that Bo would approve of. 671 00:55:37,159 --> 00:55:38,770 And his matching tie. 672 00:55:40,728 --> 00:55:42,556 Emmett loved this suit. 673 00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:44,166 It's how he'd like to be seen. 674 00:55:45,864 --> 00:55:46,865 Seen? 675 00:55:48,519 --> 00:55:51,652 Mamie, Bo's in no kind of shape to be seen by anybody. 676 00:55:51,696 --> 00:55:54,786 No, he's in just the right shape. 677 00:55:54,829 --> 00:55:59,051 The whole world has to see what happened to my son. 678 00:55:59,094 --> 00:56:02,533 Mrs. Bradley, can I at least fix him up a bit? 679 00:56:02,576 --> 00:56:03,708 Just to make him more... 680 00:56:03,751 --> 00:56:05,884 No one's going to believe what I just saw. 681 00:56:06,275 --> 00:56:07,364 No. 682 00:56:07,407 --> 00:56:09,844 They have to see it for themselves. 683 00:56:38,133 --> 00:56:39,700 Ms. Bradley, what would you like to say 684 00:56:39,744 --> 00:56:40,788 to the men who did this? 685 00:56:40,832 --> 00:56:42,311 What's that smell? 686 00:56:44,313 --> 00:56:48,317 That smell is my son's body. 687 00:56:48,361 --> 00:56:52,104 He came home to me reeking of racial hatred. 688 00:56:52,147 --> 00:56:54,062 His face was bludgeoned. 689 00:56:54,106 --> 00:56:56,195 His teeth are gone. 690 00:56:56,238 --> 00:56:57,544 He was shot in the head. 691 00:56:58,632 --> 00:57:02,288 And now I want America to bear witness. 692 00:57:06,379 --> 00:57:07,598 Come with me, please. 693 00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:10,644 Right here, Ms. Bradley. 694 00:57:10,688 --> 00:57:12,211 Ms. Bradley, right here. 695 00:57:12,254 --> 00:57:13,647 Do you have a message for the perpetrators? 696 00:57:13,691 --> 00:57:15,344 Will there be a service, Ms. Bradley? 697 00:57:18,609 --> 00:57:21,046 Gene, please come be with me. 698 00:57:52,469 --> 00:57:54,427 News of an open-casket funeral 699 00:57:54,471 --> 00:57:56,951 for the slain 14-year-old Emmett Till 700 00:57:56,995 --> 00:57:58,823 has spread throughout the country. 701 00:57:58,866 --> 00:58:01,173 Many people were in shock over the brutal slaying 702 00:58:01,216 --> 00:58:02,783 and couldn't believe something like this 703 00:58:02,827 --> 00:58:04,524 could happen to a child. 704 00:58:04,568 --> 00:58:06,613 My heart goes out to her. I'm a mother too. 705 00:58:06,657 --> 00:58:08,397 It could be any one of us. 706 00:58:08,441 --> 00:58:10,661 The right thing is to show America, and the world, 707 00:58:10,704 --> 00:58:12,010 exactly what happened. 708 00:58:12,053 --> 00:58:13,402 We know the boy was killed, 709 00:58:13,446 --> 00:58:15,274 but you're making a freak show of his death. 710 00:58:15,317 --> 00:58:16,710 I think she brave. 711 00:58:16,754 --> 00:58:18,364 Can't we just grieve in peace? 712 00:58:18,407 --> 00:58:19,844 This stuff ain't gonna stop till we see it. 713 00:58:19,887 --> 00:58:21,541 I support her. 714 00:58:21,585 --> 00:58:23,674 It is my opinion that the guilt begins 715 00:58:23,717 --> 00:58:25,327 -with Mrs. Bryant... 716 00:58:25,371 --> 00:58:27,591 ...and I wanna see Mrs. Bryant punished, 717 00:58:27,634 --> 00:58:29,288 those two men punished, 718 00:58:29,331 --> 00:58:32,291 and any other persons who were in on this thing. 719 00:58:32,334 --> 00:58:33,771 The pressure should start 720 00:58:33,814 --> 00:58:35,555 from the president of the United States, 721 00:58:35,599 --> 00:58:37,296 all the way down to the township 722 00:58:37,339 --> 00:58:39,080 of Money, Mississippi. 723 00:58:39,124 --> 00:58:41,126 I won't rest until that happens, 724 00:58:41,169 --> 00:58:44,477 even if I have to go to Money, Mississippi myself. 725 00:58:44,521 --> 00:58:45,652 Do you have any evidence 726 00:58:45,696 --> 00:58:47,045 bearing on this case? 727 00:58:47,088 --> 00:58:49,830 I do know that this is my son. 728 00:59:24,082 --> 00:59:26,475 You're not just my Bo anymore. 729 00:59:30,915 --> 00:59:31,742 Mamie... 730 00:59:35,223 --> 00:59:36,790 Aunty Lizzie. 731 00:59:40,402 --> 00:59:43,754 Simmy and Maurice stayed back with their daddy. 732 00:59:43,797 --> 00:59:45,712 It was probably too much. 733 00:59:49,194 --> 00:59:50,412 I'm so sorry. 734 00:59:53,111 --> 00:59:56,767 When those men came, I tried. 735 00:59:58,682 --> 01:00:00,988 We all tried. 736 01:00:02,773 --> 01:00:04,209 I ain't going back, Mamie. 737 01:00:04,905 --> 01:00:07,299 I packed my stuff up, 738 01:00:07,342 --> 01:00:09,127 and I'm staying here for good. 739 01:00:10,258 --> 01:00:11,782 Preacher and the boys will join me. 740 01:00:15,524 --> 01:00:16,700 I can't look, Mamie. 741 01:00:25,186 --> 01:00:26,187 We have to. 742 01:01:10,971 --> 01:01:15,193 ♪ When peace like a river 743 01:01:15,236 --> 01:01:16,716 I'm sorry, Ms. Mamie. 744 01:01:18,849 --> 01:01:23,201 ♪ Attendeth my way 745 01:01:23,244 --> 01:01:25,856 Bo... Bo. 746 01:01:25,899 --> 01:01:32,645 ♪ When sorrows like sea 747 01:01:32,689 --> 01:01:38,085 ♪ Billows roll 748 01:01:38,129 --> 01:01:44,701 ♪ Whatever my lot 749 01:01:45,745 --> 01:01:52,056 ♪ Thou hast taught me to say 750 01:01:53,100 --> 01:01:56,887 ♪ It is well 751 01:01:56,930 --> 01:02:01,282 ♪ It is well 752 01:02:01,326 --> 01:02:06,679 ♪ With my soul 753 01:02:08,942 --> 01:02:12,729 ♪ It is well 754 01:02:12,772 --> 01:02:17,516 ♪ It is well 755 01:02:17,559 --> 01:02:21,520 ♪ With my soul 756 01:02:21,563 --> 01:02:25,872 ♪ With my soul 757 01:02:25,916 --> 01:02:30,398 ♪ It is well 758 01:02:30,442 --> 01:02:35,055 ♪ It is well 759 01:02:35,099 --> 01:02:41,932 ♪ With my soul 760 01:02:42,759 --> 01:02:46,632 It is well 761 01:02:46,675 --> 01:02:51,071 It is well 762 01:02:51,115 --> 01:02:54,988 With my soul 763 01:02:55,032 --> 01:02:59,645 With my soul 764 01:02:59,688 --> 01:03:04,302 It is well 765 01:03:04,345 --> 01:03:09,046 It is well 766 01:03:09,089 --> 01:03:16,009 With my soul 767 01:03:24,844 --> 01:03:26,846 My child is dead, 768 01:03:28,152 --> 01:03:30,067 and she is going to be fine. 769 01:03:32,852 --> 01:03:36,813 Carolyn Bryant is going to be fine. 770 01:03:44,472 --> 01:03:45,996 You know, to get a murder indictment 771 01:03:46,039 --> 01:03:48,737 on two White men in Mississippi is not easy. 772 01:03:53,220 --> 01:03:56,528 You did that, Mamie. 773 01:04:01,402 --> 01:04:02,403 Now... 774 01:04:06,277 --> 01:04:07,756 Their defense... 775 01:04:10,194 --> 01:04:11,804 is going to try to create doubt 776 01:04:11,848 --> 01:04:13,980 about the body being Emmett's. 777 01:04:14,024 --> 01:04:16,287 There's no body, there's no murder conviction, 778 01:04:16,330 --> 01:04:19,768 and Bryant and Milam will only face kidnapping charges. 779 01:04:25,470 --> 01:04:27,559 You know your child better than anyone. 780 01:04:30,867 --> 01:04:32,651 You saw the body soon after. 781 01:04:35,697 --> 01:04:39,919 There is no testimony like a mother's. 782 01:05:18,131 --> 01:05:19,480 Aren't we going to your mama's tonight? 783 01:05:23,180 --> 01:05:25,182 I need to go to Mississippi for the trial. 784 01:05:27,053 --> 01:05:30,100 I can testify that it was Bo's body found in the river. 785 01:05:43,765 --> 01:05:44,723 When do you want us to go? 786 01:05:48,205 --> 01:05:50,381 Gene, I have to go without you. 787 01:05:50,424 --> 01:05:53,036 -What? -Mr. Mooty has arranged for me to meet some people 788 01:05:53,079 --> 01:05:54,341 -down there. -If you're going to Mississippi, 789 01:05:54,385 --> 01:05:55,734 -I'm going with you. -Mr. Huff and Mr. Mooty 790 01:05:55,777 --> 01:05:57,257 don't think that's a good idea, 791 01:05:57,301 --> 01:05:58,780 -and I agree with them. -I don't care what they think! 792 01:06:01,131 --> 01:06:02,175 They keep telling us 793 01:06:02,219 --> 01:06:03,568 what to do and who you can talk to. 794 01:06:03,611 --> 01:06:06,005 And I go along with it because I lost Bo too. 795 01:06:08,355 --> 01:06:09,617 I would do anything for him. 796 01:06:15,275 --> 01:06:16,189 You tell me, Mamie. 797 01:06:17,364 --> 01:06:19,758 How is risking your life gonna help Bo? 798 01:06:29,986 --> 01:06:32,553 This is what they're writing about me down there. 799 01:06:32,597 --> 01:06:34,773 They're making me out to be some kind of jezebel. 800 01:06:34,816 --> 01:06:36,296 Two reporters called to ask 801 01:06:36,340 --> 01:06:38,559 about my ex-husbands and about you. 802 01:06:39,734 --> 01:06:41,475 Mr. Huff was right. 803 01:06:41,519 --> 01:06:43,608 I'm on trial like the people who killed Bo. 804 01:06:43,651 --> 01:06:46,524 Jurors will be watching me, and reading these stories 805 01:06:46,567 --> 01:06:49,266 when they decide if the men who murdered my son go free. 806 01:06:49,309 --> 01:06:51,529 I have to protect my image 807 01:06:52,921 --> 01:06:54,923 if it can help get justice for Bo. 808 01:06:58,710 --> 01:07:00,842 I should be going with you, Mamie. 809 01:07:00,886 --> 01:07:04,063 I need you to be there for me in a different way right now. 810 01:07:09,199 --> 01:07:10,243 You're not gonna change your mind? 811 01:07:12,898 --> 01:07:14,030 You know me well enough 812 01:07:14,073 --> 01:07:15,857 to answer that question for yourself. 813 01:07:42,014 --> 01:07:44,103 Not since the Tallahatchie River flooded 814 01:07:44,147 --> 01:07:45,844 some 20 or 30 years ago 815 01:07:45,887 --> 01:07:49,804 that the townspeople had more to talk about than this trial. 816 01:07:49,848 --> 01:07:53,852 I can't understand how a civilized mother 817 01:07:53,895 --> 01:07:58,813 could put a dead body of her child on public display! 818 01:07:58,857 --> 01:08:03,035 I think that this is a result of the NAACP 819 01:08:03,079 --> 01:08:04,819 trying to make something big... 820 01:08:04,863 --> 01:08:06,734 -...out of just an ordinary 821 01:08:06,778 --> 01:08:08,954 criminal affair in Mississippi. 822 01:08:18,964 --> 01:08:20,008 You're not going. 823 01:08:20,966 --> 01:08:22,881 Mamie, it's too dangerous 824 01:08:22,924 --> 01:08:24,622 for you to go down to Mississippi right now. 825 01:08:25,753 --> 01:08:27,799 I heard the sheriffs are passing along 826 01:08:27,842 --> 01:08:29,844 Negro license plate numbers to the Klan members. 827 01:08:29,888 --> 01:08:32,499 Mr. Huff and Mr. Mooty already have plans 828 01:08:32,543 --> 01:08:34,153 for me to safely travel. 829 01:08:34,197 --> 01:08:36,068 I'll fly to Memphis first. 830 01:08:36,112 --> 01:08:38,331 And then, some people from the NAACP 831 01:08:38,375 --> 01:08:40,159 are going to drive me to Clarksdale. 832 01:08:40,203 --> 01:08:42,814 And then, their field secretary will pick me up 833 01:08:42,857 --> 01:08:44,859 and drive me to someone's house 834 01:08:44,903 --> 01:08:46,426 in a place called Mound Bayou. 835 01:08:46,470 --> 01:08:48,385 You want to go alone? 836 01:08:48,428 --> 01:08:51,257 I'm trying to be strong for Bo. 837 01:08:51,301 --> 01:08:53,129 What are you gonna do down there? 838 01:08:54,173 --> 01:08:55,696 Something you can't. 839 01:09:02,050 --> 01:09:05,358 If my testimony can help in any way, 840 01:09:06,185 --> 01:09:07,186 I have to go. 841 01:09:08,492 --> 01:09:10,972 I have to be there for my child. 842 01:09:13,236 --> 01:09:14,889 And what about my child? 843 01:09:23,115 --> 01:09:24,160 I'm goin' with ya. 844 01:09:26,814 --> 01:09:29,121 I know this is not what we agreed on, 845 01:09:29,165 --> 01:09:31,471 but it's better for me to go down there with her 846 01:09:31,515 --> 01:09:33,038 than for her to be there alone. 847 01:09:38,696 --> 01:09:41,394 You don't have to worry. I'mma be there with you. 848 01:09:42,656 --> 01:09:43,657 I promise. 849 01:09:45,529 --> 01:09:48,184 I don't only need you when I'm broken, Daddy. 850 01:09:56,061 --> 01:09:58,629 I am goin' with you. 851 01:10:01,066 --> 01:10:02,067 Thank you. 852 01:10:04,591 --> 01:10:06,680 Mama, I know you don't agree... 853 01:10:06,724 --> 01:10:07,725 No. 854 01:10:11,119 --> 01:10:12,556 But I know you have to do it. 855 01:10:35,622 --> 01:10:38,843 ♪ One a-these mornings 856 01:10:40,453 --> 01:10:43,413 ♪ Soon one morning 857 01:10:46,067 --> 01:10:50,594 ♪ I'm gonna lay down my cross 858 01:10:50,637 --> 01:10:52,770 ♪ Get me a crown 859 01:10:52,813 --> 01:10:55,338 Mound Bayou has been here for over 70 years. 860 01:10:56,861 --> 01:10:58,341 It's a all-Negro town. 861 01:11:00,212 --> 01:11:03,346 We run all our own businesses and all our own schools. 862 01:11:04,782 --> 01:11:06,218 All the Negroes attending the trial 863 01:11:06,262 --> 01:11:08,220 will be staying here. 864 01:11:08,264 --> 01:11:09,656 This is the safest place for 'em. 865 01:11:12,355 --> 01:11:14,008 Dr. Howard created the Regional Council 866 01:11:14,052 --> 01:11:16,402 for Negro Leadership here in Mound Bayou. 867 01:11:16,446 --> 01:11:19,710 He's also the chief surgeon at the Taborian Hospital. 868 01:11:19,753 --> 01:11:21,233 He built a lot of businesses here, 869 01:11:21,277 --> 01:11:23,496 including a really successful life insurance company. 870 01:11:24,367 --> 01:11:26,282 That's how I met him. 871 01:11:26,325 --> 01:11:27,892 He gave me my first job. 872 01:11:52,960 --> 01:11:55,006 ♪ And we gonna live... 873 01:11:59,750 --> 01:12:02,448 Thank you for driving us, Mr. Evers. 874 01:12:02,492 --> 01:12:04,711 Please, ma'am, call me Medgar. 875 01:12:07,018 --> 01:12:08,149 Mrs. Bradley? 876 01:12:09,977 --> 01:12:12,676 Those pictures of your son in the magazine... 877 01:12:15,287 --> 01:12:16,462 changed people's lives. 878 01:12:18,421 --> 01:12:21,598 My wife, she's here with our son. 879 01:12:23,600 --> 01:12:24,862 And we're both helping with some of 880 01:12:24,905 --> 01:12:26,603 the investigation work for the trial. 881 01:12:28,605 --> 01:12:29,736 Now, I promise you... 882 01:12:32,086 --> 01:12:33,392 we are doing everything we can 883 01:12:33,436 --> 01:12:35,351 to get some sort of justice for Emmett Till. 884 01:12:49,756 --> 01:12:52,759 We call Dr. Howard's house "The Black Command Center." 885 01:12:52,803 --> 01:12:54,413 Reporters from all the colored press 886 01:12:54,457 --> 01:12:56,110 work out of here during the trial. 887 01:12:56,154 --> 01:12:57,329 They also help with some of 888 01:12:57,373 --> 01:12:58,852 the investigation work for the trial. 889 01:12:58,896 --> 01:13:01,507 And what kind of investigation y'all are gonna be doing? 890 01:13:01,551 --> 01:13:02,682 We're looking for witnesses 891 01:13:02,726 --> 01:13:04,467 who'll be brave enough to come to trial. 892 01:13:07,731 --> 01:13:10,473 Right here. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 893 01:13:10,516 --> 01:13:11,996 This here is, uh, Ms. Murdock. 894 01:13:12,039 --> 01:13:13,954 Ms. Bradley. 895 01:13:13,998 --> 01:13:15,739 -Ms. Turner. Mr. Booker. 896 01:13:15,782 --> 01:13:17,828 -Pleased to meet you, ma'am. 897 01:13:17,871 --> 01:13:19,525 This here is my son, Darrell. 898 01:13:19,569 --> 01:13:21,222 And my wife, Myrlie. 899 01:13:21,266 --> 01:13:23,703 It's an honor to meet you, Mrs. Bradley. 900 01:13:24,356 --> 01:13:25,270 Mr. Carthan. 901 01:13:27,272 --> 01:13:28,229 Hey, you don't mind? 902 01:13:29,056 --> 01:13:31,015 Over here is Amzie Moore. 903 01:13:31,058 --> 01:13:32,364 He's the president 904 01:13:32,408 --> 01:13:34,627 of the Regional Council for Negro Leadership. 905 01:13:34,671 --> 01:13:37,587 And I am Dr. Theodore Howard. 906 01:13:37,630 --> 01:13:41,068 Welcome to Mound Bayou, Mrs. Bradley. 907 01:13:42,635 --> 01:13:44,942 -Mr. Carthan. -Sir. 908 01:13:44,985 --> 01:13:48,772 Let me just say that we are so... 909 01:13:50,251 --> 01:13:52,471 honored to have you here with us. 910 01:13:53,603 --> 01:13:54,647 Thank you. 911 01:13:54,691 --> 01:13:55,692 Thank you. 912 01:13:57,433 --> 01:13:59,435 Now, what are you drinking? 913 01:14:03,090 --> 01:14:04,352 Not a lot of people would use 914 01:14:04,396 --> 01:14:06,180 their money the way you do. 915 01:14:06,224 --> 01:14:08,313 Well, we need money 916 01:14:08,356 --> 01:14:10,750 for the freedom fight that we're in now. 917 01:14:12,230 --> 01:14:13,361 We need money... 918 01:14:14,711 --> 01:14:17,496 to protect Negroes who are... 919 01:14:18,454 --> 01:14:19,977 simply trying to exercise 920 01:14:20,020 --> 01:14:21,892 their constitutional right to vote, 921 01:14:21,935 --> 01:14:24,677 to speak at trial. 922 01:14:28,115 --> 01:14:30,814 I had a really good life in Chicago 923 01:14:30,857 --> 01:14:32,380 before they took Bo from me. 924 01:14:35,035 --> 01:14:36,472 I never thought much about the world 925 01:14:36,515 --> 01:14:38,343 outside of just me and Bo, 926 01:14:39,605 --> 01:14:41,607 my job, my family, my friends. 927 01:14:46,177 --> 01:14:48,005 Mrs. Bradley, have you thought about, um, 928 01:14:48,048 --> 01:14:49,485 what you're going to do after the trial? 929 01:14:51,312 --> 01:14:52,966 After the trial? 930 01:14:53,010 --> 01:14:54,664 I'm sure you've considered 931 01:14:54,707 --> 01:14:57,014 continuing your work with the NAACP. 932 01:14:57,057 --> 01:14:59,973 Or with our Regional Council, right here. 933 01:15:00,017 --> 01:15:04,587 Your story... speaks to the urgency of Negro rights 934 01:15:04,630 --> 01:15:08,329 more than anything this country has ever heard. 935 01:15:08,373 --> 01:15:09,853 I've been sharing my story 936 01:15:09,896 --> 01:15:14,205 because I want those two men to pay for what they did. 937 01:15:14,248 --> 01:15:16,120 And I do too. 938 01:15:16,163 --> 01:15:19,645 But I do not believe that justice will be rendered 939 01:15:19,689 --> 01:15:23,519 by 12 jurors who look exactly like 940 01:15:23,562 --> 01:15:26,957 the two so-called men who are on trial. 941 01:15:30,569 --> 01:15:33,703 And our fight, and your story, 942 01:15:35,531 --> 01:15:41,145 must continue and will not end with one single verdict. 943 01:15:46,411 --> 01:15:48,456 Mrs. Bradley. 944 01:17:02,792 --> 01:17:04,010 That's the mother! 945 01:17:04,881 --> 01:17:06,404 Come on, get out the way. 946 01:17:06,447 --> 01:17:08,580 Mrs. Bradley, why are you here? 947 01:17:08,624 --> 01:17:10,103 Ms. Bradley. Ms. Bradley! 948 01:17:10,147 --> 01:17:11,583 Come on, say something! 949 01:17:11,627 --> 01:17:13,193 Will you testify? Come on! 950 01:17:13,237 --> 01:17:14,107 -You gotta give us something. -Mrs. Bradley. 951 01:17:14,151 --> 01:17:15,456 Mamie? 952 01:17:15,500 --> 01:17:16,414 It's all right, Daddy. 953 01:17:19,460 --> 01:17:21,245 -I am here to confirm... 954 01:17:24,857 --> 01:17:27,077 -What's wrong with you? 955 01:17:27,991 --> 01:17:29,340 Let's get inside. Come on. 956 01:17:42,135 --> 01:17:43,136 No. 957 01:17:57,411 --> 01:17:58,674 How dare you? 958 01:18:03,983 --> 01:18:05,071 It's all right, Mamie. 959 01:18:15,995 --> 01:18:16,996 Go on! 960 01:18:36,886 --> 01:18:37,887 Amzie. 961 01:18:42,065 --> 01:18:44,763 Mrs. Bradley, I'd like you to meet Ruby Hurley. 962 01:18:44,807 --> 01:18:46,373 She's also a part of our team. 963 01:18:46,417 --> 01:18:48,811 It's truly an honor to meet you, Mrs. Bradley. 964 01:18:48,854 --> 01:18:51,117 Thank you. 965 01:18:51,161 --> 01:18:52,423 Thank you, it's a pleasure to meet you. 966 01:18:52,466 --> 01:18:53,772 My pleasure. 967 01:18:53,816 --> 01:18:54,947 -We'll be with you, ma'am. -Thank you. 968 01:18:54,991 --> 01:18:56,253 -Right this way. -Thank you. 969 01:18:56,296 --> 01:18:57,863 -Thank you. -You're welcome, of course. 970 01:19:01,519 --> 01:19:02,433 Hello, niggers! 971 01:19:03,826 --> 01:19:05,828 I got about eight seats down there 972 01:19:05,871 --> 01:19:07,699 for you and your nigger reporters. 973 01:19:08,439 --> 01:19:09,614 Rest of you can stand. 974 01:19:10,615 --> 01:19:11,529 You Mamie? 975 01:19:14,488 --> 01:19:15,751 What's this? 976 01:19:15,794 --> 01:19:18,188 That's a damn summons. 977 01:19:18,231 --> 01:19:20,756 I thought you uppity niggers could read. 978 01:19:20,799 --> 01:19:23,497 Mamie? Don't let him get to you. 979 01:19:23,541 --> 01:19:24,498 Come on, now. 980 01:19:25,543 --> 01:19:27,414 Ah, there's James Hicks. 981 01:19:27,458 --> 01:19:29,416 We can go and sit with him and the other reporters. 982 01:19:30,809 --> 01:19:32,637 Have you spoke with the prosecution team? 983 01:19:32,680 --> 01:19:34,900 Only once before, on the phone. 984 01:19:34,944 --> 01:19:36,467 It was brief. 985 01:19:36,510 --> 01:19:38,948 Hopefully, this won't take too long. Get together later. 986 01:19:38,991 --> 01:19:40,819 -Mr. Smith. -Yes. 987 01:19:40,863 --> 01:19:42,429 Mrs. Bradley. 988 01:19:42,473 --> 01:19:43,387 Mamie. 989 01:19:48,871 --> 01:19:49,959 -Hmm. -Come on. 990 01:19:52,657 --> 01:19:54,528 All rise! 991 01:19:54,572 --> 01:19:58,097 The Honorable Judge Curtis Swango presiding. 992 01:20:00,752 --> 01:20:01,797 Please be seated. 993 01:20:05,757 --> 01:20:07,150 There will be no pictures taken 994 01:20:07,193 --> 01:20:09,282 during court proceedings. 995 01:20:09,326 --> 01:20:14,461 Bailiff, have the jurors come in and take a seat. 996 01:20:14,505 --> 01:20:18,857 Also, get me a Coke sometime. All right? 997 01:20:36,962 --> 01:20:38,921 Your Honor, the State has just learned 998 01:20:38,964 --> 01:20:41,140 of the existence of another witness 999 01:20:41,184 --> 01:20:43,142 to the murder of Emmett Till. 1000 01:20:43,186 --> 01:20:45,014 The State requests a recess 1001 01:20:45,057 --> 01:20:46,798 in order to gather the witness. 1002 01:20:48,278 --> 01:20:49,757 Objection, Your Honor! 1003 01:20:49,801 --> 01:20:52,760 Your Honor, this will only delay proceedings. Come on. 1004 01:20:52,804 --> 01:20:54,458 Hmm. 1005 01:20:54,501 --> 01:20:55,851 Objection overruled. 1006 01:20:55,894 --> 01:20:58,418 It seems like a reasonable request. 1007 01:20:59,419 --> 01:21:01,160 Thank you, Your Honor. 1008 01:21:01,204 --> 01:21:02,640 I'll give you till tomorrow morning 1009 01:21:02,683 --> 01:21:04,860 to find your witness. 1010 01:21:09,473 --> 01:21:11,605 The court will have a recess. 1011 01:21:11,649 --> 01:21:15,044 We will resume at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. 1012 01:21:16,741 --> 01:21:17,960 Court dismissed! 1013 01:21:25,793 --> 01:21:28,535 Medgar, take me to Money. 1014 01:21:31,060 --> 01:21:33,366 All right. Okay. 1015 01:22:26,637 --> 01:22:28,204 That's where it happened? 1016 01:22:30,641 --> 01:22:31,685 Yes, ma'am. 1017 01:22:33,470 --> 01:22:36,690 The shop's been closed since the day of the arrest. 1018 01:22:41,043 --> 01:22:42,609 Most of the patrons were Negroes. 1019 01:25:35,434 --> 01:25:38,089 Your mama tells me you're all moving up north 1020 01:25:38,133 --> 01:25:39,003 after the trial. 1021 01:25:40,831 --> 01:25:42,963 Daddy says it's not gonna be safe. 1022 01:25:51,494 --> 01:25:52,930 Thank you. 1023 01:26:01,112 --> 01:26:02,244 We're sorry, ma'am. 1024 01:26:07,814 --> 01:26:08,728 We're so sorry. 1025 01:26:13,951 --> 01:26:16,519 You all didn't know this was going to happen. 1026 01:26:19,478 --> 01:26:20,566 Come here. 1027 01:26:27,704 --> 01:26:28,922 It's okay. 1028 01:26:30,402 --> 01:26:31,490 Hmm. 1029 01:26:41,065 --> 01:26:42,545 Where's your daddy? 1030 01:27:09,920 --> 01:27:10,921 You gonna sit? 1031 01:27:15,404 --> 01:27:16,666 I saw your boys. 1032 01:27:19,973 --> 01:27:21,845 Was probably hard for them to see you. 1033 01:27:27,938 --> 01:27:28,939 You gonna sit? 1034 01:27:41,560 --> 01:27:43,693 Did you have a shotgun in your house 1035 01:27:43,736 --> 01:27:44,781 the night they took Bo? 1036 01:27:48,350 --> 01:27:52,484 I've been wanting to explain to you what happened. 1037 01:27:52,528 --> 01:27:54,007 You told me that part. 1038 01:27:54,051 --> 01:27:55,748 White men came knocking 1039 01:27:55,792 --> 01:27:57,184 -on my door, Mamie. -I know that part. 1040 01:27:57,228 --> 01:27:58,142 They had a gun. 1041 01:27:58,185 --> 01:27:59,709 You have a gun! 1042 01:28:03,190 --> 01:28:06,411 How long did you stand there doing nothing 1043 01:28:06,455 --> 01:28:08,108 while they took my child? 1044 01:28:08,152 --> 01:28:09,153 If I'd have shot them, 1045 01:28:09,196 --> 01:28:11,851 they would've killed all of mine! 1046 01:28:11,895 --> 01:28:14,637 It'd be hunting season for every Negro in Money! 1047 01:28:18,249 --> 01:28:19,555 We have to live here, Mamie. 1048 01:28:21,470 --> 01:28:22,993 Bobo was with my boys 1049 01:28:23,036 --> 01:28:24,951 when he went to talk to some White woman. 1050 01:28:24,995 --> 01:28:26,475 You understand what that mean down here? 1051 01:28:26,518 --> 01:28:29,042 Don't you dare blame Bo for what happened to him! 1052 01:28:29,086 --> 01:28:31,480 I don't blame him! 1053 01:28:42,795 --> 01:28:44,536 I had to make a choice that night. 1054 01:28:45,537 --> 01:28:47,670 In a moment, I had to choose. 1055 01:28:50,455 --> 01:28:52,718 And you chose yours over mine. 1056 01:28:52,762 --> 01:28:56,722 It wasn't just two White men with a gun that night. 1057 01:28:58,376 --> 01:29:02,075 It was every White man who'd rather see a Negro dead 1058 01:29:02,119 --> 01:29:04,730 than breathin' the same air as him. 1059 01:29:04,774 --> 01:29:07,646 Every sheriff, every judge in this town 1060 01:29:07,690 --> 01:29:09,953 was at my door that night. 1061 01:29:09,996 --> 01:29:14,131 I was facin' a lot more than two men with a gun. 1062 01:29:25,098 --> 01:29:27,100 He was my only child. 1063 01:29:38,547 --> 01:29:39,548 I know. 1064 01:29:57,261 --> 01:29:59,219 That's why you're moving after the trial... 1065 01:30:01,483 --> 01:30:03,049 because you're going to testify? 1066 01:30:07,184 --> 01:30:10,970 No Negro in Money has ever spoken against a White man... 1067 01:30:13,016 --> 01:30:14,278 and lived. 1068 01:30:56,494 --> 01:30:57,713 That's the house. 1069 01:30:57,756 --> 01:30:59,932 If he runs, make sure he doesn't get away. 1070 01:30:59,976 --> 01:31:01,238 Amzie, right here. 1071 01:31:10,247 --> 01:31:11,335 Hey! Not so loud. 1072 01:31:11,378 --> 01:31:12,467 You'll scare him off. 1073 01:31:16,601 --> 01:31:18,124 We told you to leave Willie alone. 1074 01:31:18,168 --> 01:31:19,952 Let's have a conversation inside. 1075 01:31:19,996 --> 01:31:21,693 He didn't see nothin'! 1076 01:31:21,737 --> 01:31:24,043 Come out or we're comin' in. 1077 01:31:24,087 --> 01:31:26,045 -You gonna get the boy killed. 1078 01:31:29,571 --> 01:31:31,573 Hey! Hey! 1079 01:31:36,708 --> 01:31:37,796 Come on, come on! 1080 01:32:08,044 --> 01:32:09,175 We need to keep him here 1081 01:32:09,219 --> 01:32:10,612 just in case he runs off again. 1082 01:32:10,655 --> 01:32:13,049 I ain't gonna run. 1083 01:32:13,092 --> 01:32:15,355 I'll tell 'em what I saw that night. 1084 01:32:15,399 --> 01:32:17,053 And what about your grandparents? 1085 01:32:18,054 --> 01:32:19,098 Would you say that they heard 1086 01:32:19,142 --> 01:32:20,665 some sounds comin' out the barn too? 1087 01:32:20,709 --> 01:32:23,625 No, no, I promised them I was gonna keep them out of it. 1088 01:32:23,668 --> 01:32:25,278 We're gonna finance security 1089 01:32:25,322 --> 01:32:27,542 for your entire family after they testify, 1090 01:32:27,585 --> 01:32:28,891 so don't you worry none, son. 1091 01:32:30,196 --> 01:32:31,197 All right? 1092 01:32:32,372 --> 01:32:34,244 His name is Willie Reed, 1093 01:32:34,287 --> 01:32:36,333 a field hand for J.W.'s brother. 1094 01:32:37,595 --> 01:32:39,466 He's a witness who lives on the farm 1095 01:32:39,510 --> 01:32:41,251 not too far from where he saw 1096 01:32:41,294 --> 01:32:43,340 J.W. and Roy Bryant 1097 01:32:43,383 --> 01:32:45,603 and several other men take Emmett. 1098 01:32:45,647 --> 01:32:48,475 Now, Willie's family also works for the Milams, 1099 01:32:48,519 --> 01:32:50,913 so they also heard a lot of noise that night. 1100 01:32:50,956 --> 01:32:52,654 There were other men? 1101 01:32:54,743 --> 01:32:57,223 It pains me to have to tell you this, 1102 01:32:57,267 --> 01:33:00,313 but there were some colored men that were involved. 1103 01:33:03,795 --> 01:33:06,276 Colored men did this to my boy? 1104 01:33:06,319 --> 01:33:08,104 Well, they work for Milam and Bryant, 1105 01:33:08,147 --> 01:33:10,454 and found out Bryant had 'em paid to skip town. 1106 01:33:11,368 --> 01:33:12,369 What... 1107 01:33:16,634 --> 01:33:18,984 I can fix that for you. 1108 01:33:27,297 --> 01:33:30,300 It means a lot, 1109 01:33:31,867 --> 01:33:32,998 what you're doing. 1110 01:33:38,003 --> 01:33:39,265 Thank you. 1111 01:33:42,225 --> 01:33:43,400 Thank you. 1112 01:33:44,531 --> 01:33:45,663 It's the right thing to do. 1113 01:33:55,978 --> 01:33:57,457 Go ahead and put these on. 1114 01:34:28,663 --> 01:34:30,882 It's difficult for me to fall asleep 1115 01:34:30,926 --> 01:34:32,362 before Medgar gets home. 1116 01:34:36,322 --> 01:34:37,584 I've wanted to meet you. 1117 01:34:39,021 --> 01:34:41,197 What you did with those photographs... 1118 01:34:41,240 --> 01:34:44,417 What you're doin' now, it's, um... 1119 01:34:44,461 --> 01:34:46,811 It's nothing a mother wouldn't do for her child. 1120 01:34:49,509 --> 01:34:50,510 Hmm. 1121 01:34:51,903 --> 01:34:53,426 How old's your son? 1122 01:34:53,470 --> 01:34:55,951 Two. 1123 01:34:58,475 --> 01:34:59,998 We almost didn't take him and his sister 1124 01:35:00,042 --> 01:35:01,739 with us from Jackson, but I... 1125 01:35:03,523 --> 01:35:04,916 I'm trying to keep the family together 1126 01:35:04,960 --> 01:35:06,613 as much as possible these days. 1127 01:35:10,400 --> 01:35:11,923 I'm sure you heard about what happened 1128 01:35:11,967 --> 01:35:14,056 to our friends Lamar Smith and Reverend Lee. 1129 01:35:14,099 --> 01:35:16,101 Yes, I have. 1130 01:35:17,494 --> 01:35:19,061 Medgar and I worked closely with 'em. 1131 01:35:20,671 --> 01:35:22,891 We did good work. 1132 01:35:22,934 --> 01:35:24,457 We got a lot of Negroes registered to vote 1133 01:35:24,501 --> 01:35:26,329 for the first time in Mississippi, 1134 01:35:27,939 --> 01:35:30,681 and that created the biggest targets on our backs. 1135 01:35:40,256 --> 01:35:42,693 I, um... 1136 01:35:45,870 --> 01:35:48,830 I believe in the work we're doin' for our people. 1137 01:35:49,961 --> 01:35:51,006 I do. 1138 01:35:54,226 --> 01:35:56,446 But I don't want my children to have to live in fear. 1139 01:35:58,753 --> 01:35:59,928 I have enough fear for all of us 1140 01:35:59,971 --> 01:36:01,756 every time I wait for Medgar to get home. 1141 01:36:06,804 --> 01:36:08,501 Emmett just wanted to go on vacation 1142 01:36:08,545 --> 01:36:10,416 and have fun with his cousins. 1143 01:36:12,462 --> 01:36:14,856 He never thought anything would happen to him. 1144 01:36:16,248 --> 01:36:22,167 He knew how different things were down here, 1145 01:36:22,211 --> 01:36:26,650 but I never raised him to have any fear growing up. 1146 01:36:29,044 --> 01:36:31,829 -I wanted him to be a boy. 1147 01:36:31,873 --> 01:36:34,527 And to not have his childhood taken away from him. 1148 01:36:37,574 --> 01:36:39,271 But it happened anyway. 1149 01:36:59,857 --> 01:37:03,905 We do the best we can. 1150 01:37:33,630 --> 01:37:34,718 Do you know Mr. Bryant? 1151 01:37:38,809 --> 01:37:40,332 He owns the meat market. 1152 01:37:40,376 --> 01:37:41,551 Hmm. 1153 01:37:41,594 --> 01:37:43,770 Then you know Mr. Milam, do ya? 1154 01:37:46,817 --> 01:37:47,949 Not by name. 1155 01:37:49,776 --> 01:37:51,430 But I know him. 1156 01:37:51,474 --> 01:37:52,692 How do you know him? 1157 01:37:55,478 --> 01:37:57,001 He showed up at my door, 1158 01:37:58,785 --> 01:38:00,657 standing there with a flashlight in one hand 1159 01:38:00,700 --> 01:38:01,919 and a pistol in the other. 1160 01:38:04,400 --> 01:38:05,880 And what happened next? 1161 01:38:24,768 --> 01:38:27,597 He held my family at gunpoint. 1162 01:38:30,339 --> 01:38:33,255 Then he dragged my nephew from my home and drove off. 1163 01:38:33,298 --> 01:38:34,952 Sambo! 1164 01:38:37,824 --> 01:38:40,958 And would you 1165 01:38:41,002 --> 01:38:45,223 Would you recognize Mr. Milam were you to see him again? 1166 01:38:56,843 --> 01:38:57,844 Yes, sir. 1167 01:39:01,674 --> 01:39:03,198 I would. 1168 01:39:15,601 --> 01:39:17,125 There he is. 1169 01:39:17,168 --> 01:39:18,996 . 1170 01:39:22,521 --> 01:39:24,175 The State rests. 1171 01:39:26,656 --> 01:39:28,092 The witness can leave now. 1172 01:39:30,268 --> 01:39:31,966 The court will have a recess. 1173 01:39:58,862 --> 01:40:00,211 What did you think you heard? 1174 01:40:03,736 --> 01:40:06,522 I heard loud hollering and licks 1175 01:40:07,784 --> 01:40:08,915 comin' from that shed. 1176 01:40:10,265 --> 01:40:11,396 Sounded like a boy. 1177 01:40:13,355 --> 01:40:14,356 I saw, uh... 1178 01:40:17,098 --> 01:40:18,403 J.W. Milam. 1179 01:40:19,796 --> 01:40:22,364 Saw a green truck with a white top. 1180 01:40:25,062 --> 01:40:26,281 As they drove off, 1181 01:40:26,324 --> 01:40:29,980 there was, uh. two White men in the cab 1182 01:40:30,024 --> 01:40:31,634 and three colored men in the back. 1183 01:40:33,375 --> 01:40:35,246 They was all sitting next to a body. 1184 01:40:35,290 --> 01:40:36,943 Are you sure that's what you heard? 1185 01:40:36,987 --> 01:40:38,119 Yes, sir. 1186 01:40:38,162 --> 01:40:39,946 Huh. If that's what you heard, 1187 01:40:39,990 --> 01:40:43,298 why not yell out, or call "Help"? 1188 01:40:47,389 --> 01:40:48,390 I... 1189 01:40:51,741 --> 01:40:53,177 I... 1190 01:40:53,221 --> 01:40:54,222 I couldn't. 1191 01:40:55,397 --> 01:40:56,615 No further questions. 1192 01:41:08,366 --> 01:41:09,367 You can leave now. 1193 01:41:27,472 --> 01:41:29,605 Did you certify that the body found 1194 01:41:29,648 --> 01:41:31,085 was Emmett Till? 1195 01:41:31,128 --> 01:41:32,825 No, I did not. 1196 01:41:32,869 --> 01:41:35,350 I just said it was a dead body. 1197 01:41:35,393 --> 01:41:38,701 You couldn't even tell if the body was White or Black. 1198 01:41:38,744 --> 01:41:39,919 Thank you, Sheriff Strider. 1199 01:41:39,963 --> 01:41:41,138 You are excused. 1200 01:41:44,663 --> 01:41:45,969 You want my honest opinion? 1201 01:41:46,012 --> 01:41:48,363 I think the boy's mammy and the NAACP 1202 01:41:48,406 --> 01:41:51,105 plotted this whole thing. 1203 01:41:51,148 --> 01:41:52,628 Thank you, Sheriff Strider. 1204 01:41:54,369 --> 01:41:56,066 That boy's still alive somewhere. 1205 01:42:38,239 --> 01:42:39,283 Mamie... 1206 01:42:42,373 --> 01:42:44,332 Did you have a son who, in his lifetime, 1207 01:42:44,375 --> 01:42:46,247 was known as Emmett Till? 1208 01:42:47,857 --> 01:42:49,119 Yes, sir. 1209 01:42:49,163 --> 01:42:50,947 How old was he? 1210 01:42:50,990 --> 01:42:53,123 Fourteen years of age. 1211 01:42:53,167 --> 01:42:54,733 Is his father living today? 1212 01:42:55,386 --> 01:42:56,605 No, sir. 1213 01:42:56,648 --> 01:42:58,998 He died in service. 1214 01:42:59,042 --> 01:43:00,609 Oh. Uh, when your husband, 1215 01:43:00,652 --> 01:43:03,177 the father of Emmett Till, was killed overseas, 1216 01:43:03,220 --> 01:43:05,614 were his belongings sent to you? 1217 01:43:05,657 --> 01:43:06,745 Yes, sir. 1218 01:43:08,486 --> 01:43:09,922 I now hand you 1219 01:43:11,185 --> 01:43:14,231 a ring that has engraved on it, 1220 01:43:14,275 --> 01:43:18,409 May 25th, 1943, 1221 01:43:18,453 --> 01:43:20,063 with the large initials L.T. 1222 01:43:20,106 --> 01:43:22,108 Was that among the items that were sent to you? 1223 01:43:22,979 --> 01:43:24,023 Yes, sir. 1224 01:43:25,242 --> 01:43:26,548 And is that the ring 1225 01:43:26,591 --> 01:43:28,811 that Emmett came down here to Mississippi with? 1226 01:43:29,812 --> 01:43:30,900 Yes, sir. 1227 01:43:32,597 --> 01:43:36,384 Mamie, I wish you would state to the court, 1228 01:43:37,298 --> 01:43:38,734 and to the jury, 1229 01:43:38,777 --> 01:43:41,171 whether you could identify the body 1230 01:43:41,215 --> 01:43:43,826 that you saw down there in the funeral home 1231 01:43:43,869 --> 01:43:45,958 as that of your son, Emmett Till. 1232 01:43:47,264 --> 01:43:48,309 I could. 1233 01:43:55,359 --> 01:43:58,536 It's hard to describe what a mother knows. 1234 01:44:00,582 --> 01:44:01,626 Please. 1235 01:44:08,285 --> 01:44:11,114 The first thing I noticed when I became a mother 1236 01:44:11,941 --> 01:44:14,248 was that my hands were busy. 1237 01:44:14,291 --> 01:44:16,554 All the time. 1238 01:44:16,598 --> 01:44:20,210 Rocking, carrying, swaying, always full. 1239 01:44:20,732 --> 01:44:22,299 One hand for him, 1240 01:44:22,343 --> 01:44:24,345 and one hand for what he needed. 1241 01:44:25,955 --> 01:44:28,087 When it came time to place him down 1242 01:44:28,131 --> 01:44:30,220 so he could make his own way around, 1243 01:44:31,352 --> 01:44:33,223 I touched every inch of him. 1244 01:44:33,832 --> 01:44:36,182 Every bend. 1245 01:44:36,226 --> 01:44:40,186 My hand knew him with my eyes closed. 1246 01:44:40,230 --> 01:44:41,536 Just like I'd know his laughter 1247 01:44:41,579 --> 01:44:42,928 in a crowded room. 1248 01:44:44,365 --> 01:44:47,846 It's the same thing when you know all of someone. 1249 01:45:00,729 --> 01:45:04,385 I started by laying my hands on a foot. 1250 01:45:06,256 --> 01:45:07,605 And then 1251 01:45:08,824 --> 01:45:10,347 found his knees. 1252 01:45:12,871 --> 01:45:14,743 I remembered him... 1253 01:45:16,875 --> 01:45:20,618 as my fingers traced his hairline, 1254 01:45:22,185 --> 01:45:26,189 and bumped over the crease of his eyelid. 1255 01:45:28,583 --> 01:45:30,976 He was spoiled and puffed, 1256 01:45:32,282 --> 01:45:33,805 but these were the same parts 1257 01:45:33,849 --> 01:45:35,764 of a boy I'd nurtured and loved. 1258 01:45:37,069 --> 01:45:39,637 Nothing and no one could hide him from me. 1259 01:45:41,987 --> 01:45:43,424 A mother knows. 1260 01:45:45,034 --> 01:45:46,644 Your mother would know. 1261 01:45:47,776 --> 01:45:48,864 And I knew. 1262 01:45:48,907 --> 01:45:53,695 I knew this was my boy. Emmett Till. 1263 01:45:54,522 --> 01:45:56,088 Beyond any doubt. 1264 01:45:59,048 --> 01:46:00,745 Thank you. Uh... 1265 01:46:02,399 --> 01:46:04,923 Thank you, Mrs. Bradley. 1266 01:46:04,967 --> 01:46:07,491 I believe that's all any of us would ever need to hear. 1267 01:46:12,278 --> 01:46:13,410 Mamie? 1268 01:46:13,454 --> 01:46:14,455 Do you happen to remember 1269 01:46:14,498 --> 01:46:16,457 the date Emmett Till's father died? 1270 01:46:16,500 --> 01:46:20,156 Yes, sir. July the 2nd, 1945. 1271 01:46:20,199 --> 01:46:21,505 Where was he when he died? 1272 01:46:21,549 --> 01:46:22,724 In Europe. 1273 01:46:24,116 --> 01:46:26,380 Did you have an insurance policy on Emmett Till? 1274 01:46:27,381 --> 01:46:28,556 Um... 1275 01:46:28,599 --> 01:46:30,296 Yes, sir. 1276 01:46:30,340 --> 01:46:32,473 How much was it for? 1277 01:46:32,516 --> 01:46:35,824 I had a 10-cent and 15-cent policy, 1278 01:46:35,867 --> 01:46:39,001 two weekly policies, and they equaled $400. 1279 01:46:39,044 --> 01:46:40,872 -$400? 1280 01:46:42,483 --> 01:46:44,441 Now, to whom were those policies payable? 1281 01:46:44,485 --> 01:46:46,965 Uh, we object to that, Your Honor. 1282 01:46:47,009 --> 01:46:48,532 Objection overruled. 1283 01:46:48,576 --> 01:46:50,534 The witness will answer the question. 1284 01:46:51,883 --> 01:46:53,972 I was the beneficiary on one, 1285 01:46:54,016 --> 01:46:55,583 and my mother was on the other. 1286 01:46:56,932 --> 01:46:57,976 He ever cause 1287 01:46:58,020 --> 01:46:59,413 or get in any trouble in Chicago? 1288 01:47:00,501 --> 01:47:01,589 No more than any other boy. 1289 01:47:01,632 --> 01:47:02,938 Did he attend a reform school? 1290 01:47:02,981 --> 01:47:04,287 What for? 1291 01:47:04,330 --> 01:47:05,331 No. 1292 01:47:06,768 --> 01:47:09,161 You've been quoted in the colored press, 1293 01:47:09,205 --> 01:47:11,816 "I told him several times before he left for Mississippi 1294 01:47:11,860 --> 01:47:13,122 "that he should kneel in the street 1295 01:47:13,165 --> 01:47:14,515 "and beg for forgiveness 1296 01:47:14,558 --> 01:47:16,342 "should he ever insult a White person." 1297 01:47:16,386 --> 01:47:18,736 Not those exact words. 1298 01:47:18,780 --> 01:47:21,086 Did you caution him not to insult White women? 1299 01:47:21,130 --> 01:47:24,002 I referred to White people in general. 1300 01:47:24,046 --> 01:47:25,613 Did you caution your son 1301 01:47:25,656 --> 01:47:27,179 how to conduct himself and behave himself 1302 01:47:27,223 --> 01:47:28,311 while he was down here in Mississippi? 1303 01:47:28,354 --> 01:47:29,573 Several times. 1304 01:47:29,617 --> 01:47:31,967 Several times! Do tell us how. 1305 01:47:32,010 --> 01:47:33,882 I will give you a literal description 1306 01:47:33,925 --> 01:47:35,100 of what I told him. 1307 01:47:35,144 --> 01:47:36,711 How coming down here, 1308 01:47:36,754 --> 01:47:39,757 he would have to adapt himself to a different way of life. 1309 01:47:39,801 --> 01:47:41,890 Be very careful about how he spoke, 1310 01:47:41,933 --> 01:47:43,500 and to whom he spoke, 1311 01:47:43,544 --> 01:47:47,069 and to always remember to say, "Yes, sir" and "No, ma'am." 1312 01:47:47,112 --> 01:47:49,463 I told him that if ever an incident should arise 1313 01:47:49,506 --> 01:47:50,899 where there would be any trouble 1314 01:47:50,942 --> 01:47:52,509 of any kind with White people, 1315 01:47:52,553 --> 01:47:54,468 that if it got to the point where he needed 1316 01:47:54,511 --> 01:47:56,470 to go down on his knees before them, 1317 01:47:56,513 --> 01:47:59,690 well, I told him not to hesitate to do so. 1318 01:47:59,734 --> 01:48:02,911 Like if he bumped into somebody on the street 1319 01:48:02,954 --> 01:48:05,304 and they might get belligerent or something. 1320 01:48:05,348 --> 01:48:08,090 Well, I told him to go ahead and humble himself 1321 01:48:08,133 --> 01:48:11,136 so as not to get into any trouble! But... 1322 01:48:12,224 --> 01:48:13,399 But what? 1323 01:48:14,662 --> 01:48:18,317 Well, I raised him with love for 14 years. 1324 01:48:18,361 --> 01:48:22,017 My sudden warnings about hate weren't going to get through. 1325 01:48:23,540 --> 01:48:24,933 I now show you what purports to be 1326 01:48:24,976 --> 01:48:26,412 a photograph of your son. 1327 01:48:29,328 --> 01:48:33,811 This was taken in my home two days after Christmas. 1328 01:48:33,855 --> 01:48:36,074 Now, tell the court and the jury what this is. 1329 01:48:38,294 --> 01:48:41,602 This picture is of my son 1330 01:48:41,645 --> 01:48:45,431 after Mississippi sent him back to Chicago, dead. 1331 01:48:49,087 --> 01:48:50,349 No further questions. 1332 01:48:52,308 --> 01:48:53,788 And for the prosecution? 1333 01:48:55,616 --> 01:48:56,791 State rests. 1334 01:48:59,445 --> 01:49:00,925 Court will have a recess. 1335 01:49:06,801 --> 01:49:08,193 They... 1336 01:49:08,237 --> 01:49:10,935 They killed my son again. 1337 01:49:19,596 --> 01:49:20,684 Hmm. 1338 01:50:02,030 --> 01:50:04,467 Will the jury please retire to the jury room? 1339 01:50:07,601 --> 01:50:10,429 The testimony being offered here today 1340 01:50:10,473 --> 01:50:13,345 of a prior incident at the store in Money 1341 01:50:13,389 --> 01:50:14,608 is irrelevant. 1342 01:50:15,783 --> 01:50:17,001 Your Honor, 1343 01:50:17,045 --> 01:50:19,700 may we still continue the testimony 1344 01:50:19,743 --> 01:50:21,963 on account of the record? 1345 01:50:22,006 --> 01:50:23,312 Uh, Your Honor... 1346 01:50:23,355 --> 01:50:24,705 Sit down. 1347 01:50:25,880 --> 01:50:28,665 Now, I see no harm in letting Ms. Bryant 1348 01:50:28,709 --> 01:50:32,147 share her side of things if she wants to. 1349 01:50:32,190 --> 01:50:34,453 Hell, everybody else has. 1350 01:50:34,497 --> 01:50:36,238 You think you can handle that, dear? 1351 01:50:44,725 --> 01:50:45,987 Mrs. Bryant, 1352 01:50:46,988 --> 01:50:49,164 was anyone in the store with you 1353 01:50:49,207 --> 01:50:53,559 on Wednesday night, 24th day of August, 1955? 1354 01:50:55,823 --> 01:50:57,085 I was alone. 1355 01:50:58,477 --> 01:51:00,915 But the children were in the back. 1356 01:51:00,958 --> 01:51:02,481 In the living quarters. 1357 01:51:03,831 --> 01:51:06,094 And what time of day was it? 1358 01:51:06,137 --> 01:51:07,399 After dark. 1359 01:51:08,879 --> 01:51:09,924 Alone. 1360 01:51:09,967 --> 01:51:12,230 At nighttime with your children. 1361 01:51:12,274 --> 01:51:14,668 Well, you just tell the court what happened next. 1362 01:51:16,974 --> 01:51:19,673 This nigger man came into the store 1363 01:51:19,716 --> 01:51:21,849 and stood by the candy case. 1364 01:51:22,806 --> 01:51:24,590 And you? 1365 01:51:24,634 --> 01:51:27,115 I was behind the counter. 1366 01:51:27,158 --> 01:51:29,900 I asked the man what he wanted. 1367 01:51:29,944 --> 01:51:32,337 And then did you get him the merchandise? 1368 01:51:32,381 --> 01:51:33,382 Yes. 1369 01:51:35,123 --> 01:51:37,908 And then what did you do? 1370 01:51:37,952 --> 01:51:40,128 I held out my hand for the money. 1371 01:51:41,651 --> 01:51:43,218 Will you show the court 1372 01:51:43,261 --> 01:51:44,610 how you held your hand out? 1373 01:51:46,395 --> 01:51:47,744 Like this. 1374 01:51:47,788 --> 01:51:50,007 And did he give you the money? 1375 01:51:50,051 --> 01:51:51,966 No, he caught my hand. 1376 01:51:53,228 --> 01:51:55,099 Will you show the court 1377 01:51:55,143 --> 01:51:57,014 just how he grasped your hand? 1378 01:52:01,062 --> 01:52:02,890 And was that a strong grip or a light grip 1379 01:52:02,933 --> 01:52:05,370 that he had when he held your hand? 1380 01:52:05,414 --> 01:52:06,807 A strong grip. 1381 01:52:09,113 --> 01:52:11,507 Will you show the court what you did? 1382 01:52:11,550 --> 01:52:13,074 How did you get loose? 1383 01:52:18,601 --> 01:52:21,430 I jerked it loose like this. 1384 01:52:22,866 --> 01:52:26,740 Now, just what did he say when he grabbed your hand? 1385 01:52:28,916 --> 01:52:31,527 -"How about a date, baby?" -Hmm. 1386 01:52:32,789 --> 01:52:34,965 Now, you freed yourself. 1387 01:52:35,009 --> 01:52:36,401 And what happened then? 1388 01:52:40,797 --> 01:52:42,886 I turned to the back of the store. 1389 01:52:45,019 --> 01:52:46,890 And he went on his way? 1390 01:52:49,066 --> 01:52:51,025 No. 1391 01:52:51,068 --> 01:52:54,593 -He came after me. 1392 01:52:54,637 --> 01:52:57,335 He caught me down by the cash register. 1393 01:52:59,990 --> 01:53:04,299 Mrs. Bryant, can you demonstrate for the court? 1394 01:53:07,128 --> 01:53:08,216 Yes. 1395 01:53:08,259 --> 01:53:09,391 All right, now. 1396 01:53:17,529 --> 01:53:19,967 Grabbed your hands, pinned them behind your back? 1397 01:53:22,317 --> 01:53:23,927 Yes. 1398 01:53:23,971 --> 01:53:26,712 His right hand on your right hip? 1399 01:53:28,279 --> 01:53:29,672 Here. 1400 01:53:30,891 --> 01:53:32,327 Just what did he say? 1401 01:53:34,590 --> 01:53:38,681 He said, "You needn't be afraid of me. 1402 01:53:38,724 --> 01:53:40,465 "I've been with White women before." 1403 01:53:41,684 --> 01:53:43,817 And what happened then? 1404 01:53:43,860 --> 01:53:46,123 Then another nigger came in the door... 1405 01:53:47,995 --> 01:53:50,258 I'm ready to go. 1406 01:53:50,301 --> 01:53:51,520 You want me to come and get you 1407 01:53:51,563 --> 01:53:52,738 when they read a verdict? 1408 01:53:52,782 --> 01:53:56,655 No. I'm ready to leave Mississippi. Now. 1409 01:53:56,699 --> 01:53:58,005 What about the verdict? 1410 01:53:59,267 --> 01:54:00,921 I know what the verdict is. 1411 01:54:04,141 --> 01:54:06,535 After deliberating for about an hour, 1412 01:54:06,578 --> 01:54:08,798 the jury has just come back with a verdict 1413 01:54:08,842 --> 01:54:11,018 of "not guilty." 1414 01:54:11,061 --> 01:54:14,760 Thus the defendants Milam and Bryant are free men. 1415 01:54:14,804 --> 01:54:16,545 They celebrated their victory 1416 01:54:16,588 --> 01:54:20,070 laughing and smiling with their wives at their side, 1417 01:54:20,114 --> 01:54:22,812 clearly happy... 1418 01:54:56,150 --> 01:55:00,632 Her story has changed the world. 1419 01:55:00,676 --> 01:55:04,027 Because she had the courage to make it not just her own, 1420 01:55:04,898 --> 01:55:06,247 but all of ours. 1421 01:55:09,119 --> 01:55:12,427 Mamie, it is an honor to share the stage with you. 1422 01:55:14,255 --> 01:55:16,213 To share this fight with you. 1423 01:55:16,257 --> 01:55:18,259 Yes, yes! 1424 01:55:18,302 --> 01:55:23,612 Please welcome Mrs. Mamie Till-Bradley. 1425 01:55:28,660 --> 01:55:30,097 This is just the beginning. 1426 01:55:39,933 --> 01:55:43,980 I would like to give honor to God, 1427 01:55:44,024 --> 01:55:46,026 who is the source of my strength 1428 01:55:46,069 --> 01:55:47,941 and the reason for my being. 1429 01:55:49,377 --> 01:55:52,946 I thank you, Mr. Mooty and the NAACP, 1430 01:55:52,989 --> 01:55:55,687 for inviting me to speak before you all 1431 01:55:55,731 --> 01:55:57,428 in Harlem, New York City. 1432 01:55:57,951 --> 01:55:59,691 Yes. 1433 01:55:59,735 --> 01:56:02,694 My son's brutalized body meant nothing 1434 01:56:02,738 --> 01:56:05,959 to Mississippi's criminal justice system. 1435 01:56:06,002 --> 01:56:09,005 And while they blamed the victim, as usual, 1436 01:56:09,049 --> 01:56:12,487 the federal government stood idly by. 1437 01:56:12,530 --> 01:56:14,968 If this country fails to protect 1438 01:56:15,011 --> 01:56:16,795 the Black body from hate, 1439 01:56:16,839 --> 01:56:19,102 America has yet to meet her promise. 1440 01:56:19,146 --> 01:56:20,712 Amen! 1441 01:56:20,756 --> 01:56:23,933 Either freedom for everyone, or freedom fails! 1442 01:56:32,898 --> 01:56:36,728 One month ago, I had a nice apartment in Chicago. 1443 01:56:36,772 --> 01:56:41,516 I had a good job. I had a son. 1444 01:56:41,559 --> 01:56:44,040 When something happened to the Negroes in the South, 1445 01:56:44,084 --> 01:56:47,870 I said, "Well, that's their business. Not mine." 1446 01:56:47,913 --> 01:56:51,569 Now I know how wrong I was. 1447 01:56:51,613 --> 01:56:53,963 The lynching of my son has shown me 1448 01:56:54,007 --> 01:56:55,791 that what happens to any of us, 1449 01:56:55,834 --> 01:56:57,140 anywhere in the world, 1450 01:56:57,184 --> 01:57:00,274 had better be the business of us all. 1451 01:57:15,115 --> 01:57:16,681 I hear ya, sister! 1452 01:57:17,334 --> 01:57:18,596 That's right. 1453 01:57:19,554 --> 01:57:21,077 Tell it like it is! 1454 01:57:21,121 --> 01:57:22,209 I heard that! 1455 01:57:23,688 --> 01:57:25,342 Yes! Yes! 94307