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Source: NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"

Roundup

8-19-05

New documentary revisits Emmett Till's lynching

The new documentary "The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till" revisits the events leading to the 14-year-old's lynching in Mississippi 50 years ago. Director Keith Beauchamp and Till's cousin, Simeon Wright, tell Ed Gordon about the film.

Read entire article at NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"