Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share 8: The Murder of Emmett Till (Graphic)
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
8: The Murder of Emmett Till (Graphic)
GRAPHIC WARNING - 14-year-old African American Emmett Till was brutally murdered on 28 August 1955. The details of his murder are infuriating, as are the reasons why it occurred. But even more infuriating were the punishments handed out to the child's murderers. His murder galvanized civil rights activists throughout America, assisting in the fight for equality for African Americans.
Learn more about this and other Unfortunate History topics with a FREE month of Audible!: https://biolink.fyi/audible
Join our FB group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/unfortunatehistory
PeriTune (peritune.com) | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
View all episodes
By Unfortunate Network
4.6
3131 ratings
GRAPHIC WARNING - 14-year-old African American Emmett Till was brutally murdered on 28 August 1955. The details of his murder are infuriating, as are the reasons why it occurred. But even more infuriating were the punishments handed out to the child's murderers. His murder galvanized civil rights activists throughout America, assisting in the fight for equality for African Americans.
Learn more about this and other Unfortunate History topics with a FREE month of Audible!: https://biolink.fyi/audible
Join our FB group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/unfortunatehistory
PeriTune (peritune.com) | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)