Just over 65 years ago, 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped from his great-uncle's home in Money, Mississippi, for whistling at a white woman. His abductors tortured and murdered him before throwing his body into the Tallahatchie River. When Emmett's mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, chose an open-casket funeral back in their hometown of Chicago, the brutality of Emmett's murder made front-page headlines across the globe, helping to spark the Civil Rights Movement. Dave Tell will discuss how the memorials devoted to Emmett Till's murder have altered the Mississippi Delta's physical and cultural landscape. We'll learn about five accounts of the commemoration of this infamous crime. In a development no one could have foreseen, Till's murder - one of the darkest moments in the region's history - has become an economic driver for the Delta.

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Course pre-requisites
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