The Murder of Emmett Till- Jim Crow in Mississippi

PBS Learning Media
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PBS Learning Media
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
Mississippi Black Americans Segregation Jim Crow Oppression Racism American South 1950s 1960s Public Opinion State laws White America Deep South Racism in the legal system institutional racism
Subjects
History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Post-Secondary
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The Murder of Emmett Till- Jim Crow in Mississippi

An excerpt from a 1960 film by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, an anti-civil rights agency. "Message from Mississippi" presents segregation as Mississippi's positive solution to the "preponderance of colored citizens." Video from, American Experience: "The Murder of Emmett Till."
Publisher
PBS Learning Media

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