1 00:00:16,616 --> 00:00:20,20 [singing along] ♪ Sincerely 2 00:00:21,54 --> 00:00:26,26 ♪ Oh, yes, sincerely 3 00:00:27,293 --> 00:00:31,197 ♪ 'Cause I love you so dearly 4 00:00:31,264 --> 00:00:33,299 [both laugh] 5 00:00:33,333 --> 00:00:37,337 ♪ Please say you'll be mine 6 00:00:41,307 --> 00:00:44,711 ♪ Sincerely 7 00:00:44,744 --> 00:00:45,945 [chuckles] 8 00:00:46,12 --> 00:00:48,181 ♪ Oh, you know 9 00:00:48,214 --> 00:00:52,52 ♪ How I love you 10 00:00:52,85 --> 00:00:56,56 ♪ I'll do anything for you 11 00:00:58,158 --> 00:01:02,162 ♪ Please say you'll be mine 12 00:01:06,232 --> 00:01:10,970 ♪ Oh, Lord Won't you tell me ♪ 13 00:01:11,37 --> 00:01:16,976 ♪ Why I love that girlie so 14 00:01:17,43 --> 00:01:18,44 [song fades] 15 00:01:19,512 --> 00:01:21,548 [uneasy music plays] 16 00:01:21,614 --> 00:01:24,818 -[mellow music playing] -[indistinct chatter] 17 00:01:42,335 --> 00:01:43,837 [indistinct chatter] 18 00:01:50,810 --> 00:01:52,212 [guard] Are you looking for something? 19 00:01:52,245 --> 00:01:54,447 No, I'm just doing a little shopping. 20 00:01:54,514 --> 00:01:56,716 [guard] We also have shoes in the basement. 21 00:01:59,252 --> 00:02:01,321 Do your other customers know that too? 22 00:02:01,388 --> 00:02:02,956 [Emmett] Mama. 23 00:02:02,989 --> 00:02:05,25 Which one do you like better? 24 00:02:05,91 --> 00:02:05,992 Pardon me. 25 00:02:09,295 --> 00:02:10,430 [sighs] 26 00:02:10,463 --> 00:02:12,699 I think I like this one. 27 00:02:12,732 --> 00:02:15,135 Will you really need a wallet while you're down there? 28 00:02:15,168 --> 00:02:17,3 Oh, Mama. Please? 29 00:02:19,239 --> 00:02:20,306 Okay. Fine. 30 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:22,108 Let's just go pay for it and go home now. 31 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:31,51 [music playing on car stereo] 32 00:02:31,117 --> 00:02:32,852 [indistinct chatter] 33 00:02:38,625 --> 00:02:39,626 [music stops] 34 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:48,601 -[ding] -[man on TV] Sing out. 35 00:02:48,635 --> 00:02:50,303 [boy singing along to tv] ♪ I love Bosco 36 00:02:50,337 --> 00:02:52,72 ♪ It's rich and chocolaty 37 00:02:52,138 --> 00:02:55,842 ♪ Chocolate-flavored Bosco Is mighty good for me ♪ 38 00:02:55,875 --> 00:02:59,479 ♪ Mama puts it in my milk for extra energy ♪ 39 00:02:59,512 --> 00:03:02,849 ♪ Bosco gives me iron and sunshine vitamin D ♪ 40 00:03:02,882 --> 00:03:06,386 ♪ Oh, I love Bosco That's the drink for me ♪ 41 00:03:06,453 --> 00:03:08,855 -[laughter] -Whoa! My man! 42 00:03:08,888 --> 00:03:09,923 You did that. 43 00:03:09,956 --> 00:03:11,725 You didn't stutter, not one time. 44 00:03:12,726 --> 00:03:13,860 Now, Bo, you know 45 00:03:13,893 --> 00:03:15,462 it's time for you to go to bed. 46 00:03:16,296 --> 00:03:17,964 [Bo] Aw... 47 00:03:18,31 --> 00:03:20,200 [Alma] You know you got a big day tomorrow. 48 00:03:20,233 --> 00:03:21,735 Come on. Give Grandma a hug. 49 00:03:27,307 --> 00:03:28,541 I'll see you when you get back. 50 00:03:28,608 --> 00:03:29,609 [Gene] Bring it in. 51 00:03:32,612 --> 00:03:33,613 Good night, Mr. G. 52 00:03:33,646 --> 00:03:34,647 [Gene] All right. 53 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:37,217 Oh. 54 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:39,619 You two don't get married before I get back. 55 00:03:39,652 --> 00:03:41,254 Can't get married without my best man. 56 00:03:41,921 --> 00:03:43,123 Good night. 57 00:03:46,92 --> 00:03:47,227 [Gene] What? Is it my bedtime too? 58 00:03:48,261 --> 00:03:49,329 Could be. 59 00:03:49,362 --> 00:03:50,630 [Gene laughs] 60 00:03:50,663 --> 00:03:51,931 [picks up key] 61 00:03:51,965 --> 00:03:52,999 Good night. 62 00:03:53,66 --> 00:03:54,434 [kisses] 63 00:03:54,501 --> 00:03:56,236 [Mamie] I'll call you after Bo gets on the train. 64 00:03:58,405 --> 00:03:59,506 [Gene] Mrs. Spearman. 65 00:04:00,974 --> 00:04:02,375 [Alma] She'll see you tomorrow. 66 00:04:02,409 --> 00:04:03,710 -[Gene] All right. Good night. -[Alma] Good night. 67 00:04:03,777 --> 00:04:05,545 [door opens] 68 00:04:06,112 --> 00:04:07,113 [door closes] 69 00:04:09,349 --> 00:04:10,684 What's wrong, Mamie? 70 00:04:15,522 --> 00:04:17,257 We've never been apart this long. 71 00:04:19,292 --> 00:04:22,28 He's just going to see his cousins. 72 00:04:22,95 --> 00:04:24,264 It's not a bad thing for him to know where he come from. 73 00:04:24,297 --> 00:04:26,599 Well, Chicago is all he needs to know. 74 00:04:26,666 --> 00:04:28,568 I don't want him seeing himself 75 00:04:28,601 --> 00:04:30,704 the way those people are seen down there. 76 00:04:32,38 --> 00:04:33,373 Those people like me? 77 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:37,977 Even you left Mississippi, Mama. 78 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:43,383 Mamie, Bo is growing up. 79 00:04:44,384 --> 00:04:46,252 You gonna have to let him go. 80 00:04:48,388 --> 00:04:50,690 [smacks lips] All right, I know that face. 81 00:04:50,724 --> 00:04:51,991 That is the face of 82 00:04:52,25 --> 00:04:54,327 "Mama, mind your business, and go home." 83 00:04:54,394 --> 00:04:55,428 Where's my pocket book? 84 00:04:55,462 --> 00:04:56,730 [Mamie] Mm-hmm. Right here. 85 00:04:56,763 --> 00:04:57,697 [Alma] Oh, there it is. 86 00:04:58,832 --> 00:05:01,501 You need to get you some rest too. 87 00:05:01,568 --> 00:05:02,969 -[Mamie] I will. -[Alma] Come on, baby. 88 00:05:03,3 --> 00:05:04,738 -I'll call you tomorrow. -All right. 89 00:05:07,507 --> 00:05:08,575 [door opens] 90 00:05:10,76 --> 00:05:12,178 -Good night, Mama. -Good night, darlin'. 91 00:05:13,580 --> 00:05:15,181 [door closes, locks] 92 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:21,54 [sighs] 93 00:05:24,491 --> 00:05:26,926 [faint melancholy music playing] 94 00:05:38,605 --> 00:05:40,73 [snoring quietly] 95 00:05:56,89 --> 00:05:58,324 [alarm clock buzzes] 96 00:05:58,358 --> 00:05:59,359 [man on radio] A delightful day 97 00:05:59,392 --> 00:06:00,760 here in our town of Chicago 98 00:06:00,794 --> 00:06:02,62 and I presume that you're, sort of, 99 00:06:02,95 --> 00:06:03,96 munching on Wrigley's Spearmint, 100 00:06:03,129 --> 00:06:04,564 and you're all relaxed, 101 00:06:04,631 --> 00:06:06,99 and pleasantly situated wherever you are. 102 00:06:06,132 --> 00:06:07,567 The sun's probably shining 103 00:06:07,634 --> 00:06:09,769 in your heart and your town too. 104 00:06:09,803 --> 00:06:13,406 [Dizzy Gillespie's "He Beeped When He Sho2ulda Bopped" plays] 105 00:06:18,478 --> 00:06:21,581 ♪ There was a guy who had some brand new tricks ♪ 106 00:06:21,648 --> 00:06:23,850 ♪ Played his horn with some crazy licks ♪ 107 00:06:23,917 --> 00:06:26,419 ♪ The thing that made him such a flop ♪ 108 00:06:26,486 --> 00:06:28,121 ♪ Was he beeped 109 00:06:28,154 --> 00:06:30,223 [singing along] ♪ When he should've... bopped 110 00:06:30,256 --> 00:06:32,992 ♪ That same old guy jumped right up on the stand ♪ 111 00:06:33,59 --> 00:06:34,794 ♪ But... But he couldn't seem to dig the band ♪ 112 00:06:34,828 --> 00:06:36,396 [knocking on door] 113 00:06:36,429 --> 00:06:38,365 ♪ Thought he was the cream of the crop but ♪ 114 00:06:38,398 --> 00:06:40,600 ♪ He beeped when he should have bopped ♪ 115 00:06:40,667 --> 00:06:42,2 I got this ready for you. 116 00:06:42,68 --> 00:06:43,970 ♪ All the cats would gather around ♪ 117 00:06:44,4 --> 00:06:45,805 ♪ To see what he was tryin' to prove ♪ 118 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,140 [laughing] 119 00:06:47,173 --> 00:06:49,442 ♪ But anyone could plainly see ♪ 120 00:06:49,509 --> 00:06:52,612 ♪ He was draggin' them out of the groove ♪ 121 00:06:52,679 --> 00:06:55,582 ♪ At last the leader turned around and said ♪ 122 00:06:55,615 --> 00:06:58,84 ♪ Listen, Pops, you had better stop ♪ 123 00:06:58,118 --> 00:07:00,453 ♪ Oh, there you go You did it again ♪ 124 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,723 ♪ You just beeped when you should've bopped ♪ 125 00:07:03,757 --> 00:07:06,393 -[Mamie squeals] -[laughs] 126 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:09,562 All right, now, you're gonna miss your train. 127 00:07:09,596 --> 00:07:11,598 -[sax solo playing] -[Bo humming along] 128 00:07:11,631 --> 00:07:14,0 Bo, when you get down there... 129 00:07:14,34 --> 00:07:15,835 Oh, not again, Mama. 130 00:07:15,869 --> 00:07:17,303 I've already been to Mississippi. 131 00:07:17,337 --> 00:07:18,772 Only one time before, 132 00:07:18,838 --> 00:07:21,908 and you started a fight with another little boy. 133 00:07:21,975 --> 00:07:24,778 [stutters] He was picking on me. 134 00:07:24,844 --> 00:07:26,613 You're in the right to stand up for yourself, 135 00:07:26,646 --> 00:07:28,314 but that's not what I'm talking about. 136 00:07:30,183 --> 00:07:32,652 [sighs, smacks lips] 137 00:07:32,719 --> 00:07:34,187 Well, they have a different set of rules 138 00:07:34,220 --> 00:07:35,321 for Negroes down there. 139 00:07:35,355 --> 00:07:36,456 Are you listening? 140 00:07:37,490 --> 00:07:39,459 Yes. 141 00:07:39,492 --> 00:07:41,728 You have to be extra careful with White people. 142 00:07:41,761 --> 00:07:43,863 You can't risk looking at them the wrong way. 143 00:07:43,897 --> 00:07:44,898 I know. 144 00:07:47,167 --> 00:07:48,168 Bo. 145 00:07:50,36 --> 00:07:51,871 Be small down there. 146 00:07:53,506 --> 00:07:54,474 Like this? 147 00:07:56,242 --> 00:07:57,777 [Mamie chuckles] 148 00:08:13,193 --> 00:08:14,794 Instead of your father's ring, 149 00:08:14,828 --> 00:08:16,196 how about you wear the cufflinks 150 00:08:16,229 --> 00:08:17,530 we got you last Christmas? 151 00:08:17,597 --> 00:08:19,632 They'll look so handsome on you. 152 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:21,701 No, Mama. 153 00:08:21,768 --> 00:08:23,103 I wanna wear the ring. 154 00:08:34,547 --> 00:08:36,516 [sighs] Thank you. 155 00:08:37,217 --> 00:08:38,518 Go on downstairs. 156 00:08:38,551 --> 00:08:40,286 I need to finish getting ready myself. 157 00:08:51,698 --> 00:08:53,933 [uneasy music playing] 158 00:09:00,507 --> 00:09:02,509 [train brakes hiss] 159 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:04,110 -[sax solo playing] -[Bo humming along] 160 00:09:04,144 --> 00:09:05,512 Ah, morning, Mamie! 161 00:09:05,545 --> 00:09:07,380 [Mamie] Morning, Preacher. Good morning, Wheeler. 162 00:09:07,414 --> 00:09:08,848 Hi, Miss Mamie. Hi, Bo. 163 00:09:08,882 --> 00:09:10,684 You're leaving Chicago too soon. 164 00:09:10,717 --> 00:09:12,118 You were only here a few days. 165 00:09:12,152 --> 00:09:13,586 I didn't need no more days than that. 166 00:09:13,653 --> 00:09:15,555 I got to see some family, a few friends. 167 00:09:15,588 --> 00:09:16,690 Maybe we get you to come down... 168 00:09:16,723 --> 00:09:17,857 -...see us. -[conductor] All aboard! 169 00:09:17,891 --> 00:09:19,25 I like it just fine out here, Preacher. 170 00:09:19,92 --> 00:09:20,26 All right, now. 171 00:09:20,93 --> 00:09:21,695 Bo, stay close to your cousins. 172 00:09:21,728 --> 00:09:23,163 Preacher, you and Aunty Lizzie 173 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:25,565 make sure Bo calls and writes every chance he gets. 174 00:09:25,598 --> 00:09:27,33 I need to know he's okay. 175 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:28,535 Don't worry. 176 00:09:28,568 --> 00:09:30,403 Me, Lizzie, and the boys will have a stern eye on him. 177 00:09:30,437 --> 00:09:31,971 Goodbye, Mamie. 178 00:09:33,707 --> 00:09:35,241 All right, now. Come on, Bobo. 179 00:09:35,275 --> 00:09:36,343 Buh-bye, Mama. 180 00:09:36,409 --> 00:09:38,411 Oh, Bo! You didn't kiss me goodbye. 181 00:09:38,445 --> 00:09:39,846 [sighs] Mama. I gotta go. 182 00:09:41,14 --> 00:09:42,248 Listen to Preacher. 183 00:09:42,282 --> 00:09:44,617 Stay with your cousins at all times. 184 00:09:44,684 --> 00:09:46,353 Be extra careful. 185 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:47,887 I already know. 186 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:52,325 You know what? 187 00:09:53,893 --> 00:09:56,29 I won't need to keep the time on my vacation. 188 00:09:56,696 --> 00:09:57,764 Wind it every day. 189 00:09:57,797 --> 00:09:59,332 [conductor] Last call! Train's leaving! 190 00:09:59,366 --> 00:10:01,34 [train whistle blows] 191 00:10:02,369 --> 00:10:03,603 [whistle blows] 192 00:10:06,272 --> 00:10:08,341 [stutters] Buh-bye, Mama. 193 00:10:08,375 --> 00:10:09,943 Come on, Bobo. Aight, Mamie. 194 00:10:17,517 --> 00:10:19,85 [train brakes hiss] 195 00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:22,822 [sentimental music playing] 196 00:10:39,372 --> 00:10:40,507 [whimpers] 197 00:10:41,808 --> 00:10:44,44 [pensive music playing] 198 00:11:10,3 --> 00:11:11,204 [conductor] Time to move now. 199 00:11:45,538 --> 00:11:47,307 [train chugging] 200 00:11:51,378 --> 00:11:53,747 [pensive music continues] 201 00:12:03,189 --> 00:12:04,824 [indistinct chatter] 202 00:12:14,834 --> 00:12:16,302 -[fly buzzing] -Now, 203 00:12:16,336 --> 00:12:18,338 all you gotta do is pinch the bract right here, 204 00:12:18,405 --> 00:12:20,507 so you don't get your fingertips... 205 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:22,342 [Bo chuckles] 206 00:12:22,409 --> 00:12:25,178 Hey, look at the size of that bird. 207 00:12:26,79 --> 00:12:27,514 Whoa! 208 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:29,416 Where'd you get that ring? 209 00:12:29,449 --> 00:12:31,484 Oh, it was my daddy's. 210 00:12:31,518 --> 00:12:33,453 He died a hero in the war. 211 00:12:34,454 --> 00:12:35,855 [boy] Well, let me try it on. 212 00:12:36,956 --> 00:12:39,92 Um, maybe later. 213 00:12:39,626 --> 00:12:40,627 All right. 214 00:12:51,738 --> 00:12:52,739 [woman 1 exclaims] 215 00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:55,442 -Bo? -[woman] Is he all right? 216 00:12:56,42 --> 00:12:57,43 [boy] Bobo! 217 00:12:57,510 --> 00:12:58,511 Come on. 218 00:12:59,212 --> 00:13:01,181 [Bo] Roar! 219 00:13:01,214 --> 00:13:04,84 From the depths of an ancient tomb, 220 00:13:04,117 --> 00:13:06,553 echoes a sound that shakes the world. 221 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,689 Meet the mummy, Simmy! 222 00:13:09,756 --> 00:13:10,990 Stop! [laughs] 223 00:13:11,57 --> 00:13:12,625 You gonna get us in trouble. 224 00:13:12,659 --> 00:13:16,796 Or better yet, fired. I'm done picking these fields. 225 00:13:16,830 --> 00:13:18,765 What do y'all do with all this cotton anyway? 226 00:13:19,766 --> 00:13:21,801 We sell it. 227 00:13:21,835 --> 00:13:24,471 Mr. Frederick, who own the land, take his share. 228 00:13:24,504 --> 00:13:26,573 I go to market with our haul. 229 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:29,376 -[Bo] Sounds pretty square. -[Moses] Hmm. 230 00:13:29,409 --> 00:13:30,844 Pa, you gonna let him sass you that way? 231 00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:32,245 What way? 232 00:13:32,278 --> 00:13:33,813 The boy doesn't know where his clothes come from. 233 00:13:33,847 --> 00:13:35,148 [all laughing] 234 00:13:36,683 --> 00:13:37,851 Nah. 235 00:13:37,917 --> 00:13:39,853 I take it back, Bobo. Stay off the farm. 236 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:41,688 [laughter] 237 00:13:41,721 --> 00:13:43,857 City boy won't even know how he found a whuppin'. 238 00:13:43,923 --> 00:13:45,425 [laughter continues] 239 00:13:49,362 --> 00:13:51,698 [lively jazz music playing] 240 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:10,183 [insects chirring] 241 00:14:11,518 --> 00:14:14,120 [lively jazz music continues on car stereo] 242 00:14:17,624 --> 00:14:19,859 [boys laughing] 243 00:14:21,27 --> 00:14:22,62 [music stops] 244 00:14:22,128 --> 00:14:24,30 Yes, he is. 245 00:14:24,64 --> 00:14:25,432 [boy] Damn near pass out. 246 00:14:31,604 --> 00:14:33,606 [client 1] Come on, sit down. Sit down, come on. 247 00:14:38,445 --> 00:14:39,546 Hey, young boy. 248 00:14:41,548 --> 00:14:42,749 [client 2] How you doin' there, young fella? 249 00:14:42,782 --> 00:14:43,883 Come on, learn somethin'. 250 00:14:43,917 --> 00:14:45,318 Well, I'm about raised from the dead 251 00:14:45,352 --> 00:14:46,419 by all this excitement. 252 00:14:48,288 --> 00:14:49,322 [client 2] Pay attention here, 253 00:14:49,356 --> 00:14:50,890 you gonna let us learn you something. 254 00:14:52,425 --> 00:14:53,660 I'll make damn sure. 255 00:14:53,727 --> 00:14:55,495 -[Bo huffs] -[client 2] I'mma do what I do. 256 00:15:01,868 --> 00:15:04,771 [cash register clicking] 257 00:15:06,172 --> 00:15:07,440 [cash register dings] 258 00:15:08,108 --> 00:15:09,209 [coins rattle] 259 00:15:10,110 --> 00:15:11,311 [Wheeler] Thank you, ma'am. 260 00:15:22,188 --> 00:15:23,790 You look like a movie star. 261 00:15:24,691 --> 00:15:25,692 What? 262 00:15:31,31 --> 00:15:32,232 Where's Bobo? 263 00:15:32,265 --> 00:15:34,100 He's in there. 264 00:15:34,134 --> 00:15:36,970 Simmy. See to Bobo while he's inside. 265 00:15:39,205 --> 00:15:41,107 [indistinct chatter] 266 00:15:43,843 --> 00:15:44,844 See? 267 00:15:56,222 --> 00:15:57,223 [Simmy] Come on. 268 00:15:57,924 --> 00:15:59,59 [stutters] Bye! 269 00:15:59,92 --> 00:16:01,161 Buh-bye! 270 00:16:01,227 --> 00:16:02,962 -[Simmy] Come on, let's go! -[Bo] Yeah? 271 00:16:06,733 --> 00:16:07,834 [wolf-whistles] 272 00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:09,803 [chuckling] 273 00:16:14,407 --> 00:16:16,409 [tense music playing] 274 00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:26,519 [Johnny] She getting her gun. She getting her gun, y'all. 275 00:16:26,553 --> 00:16:27,754 Come on! Move! 276 00:16:27,821 --> 00:16:29,22 -Get up, now! Come on! -Move! 277 00:16:29,89 --> 00:16:31,891 [Johnny] Move! She goin' to get a gun, y'all! 278 00:16:31,958 --> 00:16:34,394 -[Simmy] Get in! -[client 3] Just lay low. 279 00:16:34,427 --> 00:16:35,428 [Wheeler] Come on, Mau! 280 00:16:37,597 --> 00:16:39,966 [engine revs] 281 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:41,568 [tires screeching] 282 00:16:42,669 --> 00:16:43,703 [Simmy gasping] 283 00:16:48,208 --> 00:16:49,776 [tense music fades] 284 00:16:51,978 --> 00:16:54,180 [downcast music playing] 285 00:17:19,139 --> 00:17:20,573 [phone rings] 286 00:17:22,142 --> 00:17:23,743 [indistinct conversation] 287 00:17:25,11 --> 00:17:26,613 [indistinct chatter] 288 00:17:36,489 --> 00:17:37,824 [men chattering] 289 00:17:39,592 --> 00:17:41,594 [sighs] 290 00:17:41,628 --> 00:17:43,630 [jazz music playing faintly on speakers] 291 00:17:43,663 --> 00:17:44,931 Why aren't you at work? 292 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:48,268 Is everything okay? 293 00:17:50,737 --> 00:17:52,939 That trip we planned to take Bo on? 294 00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:54,407 Let's go now. 295 00:17:56,276 --> 00:17:58,545 You wanna go right now? 296 00:17:58,611 --> 00:17:59,946 You said you weren't feeling that well. 297 00:17:59,979 --> 00:18:02,349 I was just missing Bo. 298 00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:09,856 [sighs] I'm still missing Bo. 299 00:18:09,923 --> 00:18:11,558 We have never been apart this long, 300 00:18:11,624 --> 00:18:13,226 and he's gonna be gone another week. 301 00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:15,128 I need to keep doing things 302 00:18:15,195 --> 00:18:18,264 to take my mind off of this feelin'. 303 00:18:21,434 --> 00:18:22,435 Okay. 304 00:18:23,303 --> 00:18:25,438 I can't go right now, but, uh, 305 00:18:26,206 --> 00:18:27,307 we'll try in a few days. 306 00:18:27,374 --> 00:18:30,76 Promise me we'll go on the trip? 307 00:18:31,678 --> 00:18:32,679 Of course. 308 00:18:42,422 --> 00:18:44,858 [rock 'n' roll song playing] 309 00:18:46,126 --> 00:18:48,461 [chatter and laughter] 310 00:18:48,528 --> 00:18:51,297 [girl 1] I'm trying not to act so silly! [giggles] 311 00:18:51,331 --> 00:18:52,665 [girl 2] Better watch yourself. 312 00:18:54,234 --> 00:18:56,269 I don't know, 'cause when he looks at me, 313 00:18:56,302 --> 00:18:58,338 I just lose my mind! [laughs] 314 00:18:58,405 --> 00:19:00,840 [girl 2] Oh! But just be yourself. 315 00:19:00,874 --> 00:19:03,843 Okay. I'll try. It's gonna be all right. 316 00:19:03,877 --> 00:19:05,311 [indistinct chatter] 317 00:19:05,345 --> 00:19:07,580 [rock 'n' roll song continues] 318 00:19:08,548 --> 00:19:11,251 [Wheeler] Oh! Nice try. [laughs] 319 00:19:11,284 --> 00:19:12,886 [Bo] It's a high-speed competition, huh? 320 00:19:12,919 --> 00:19:14,721 They call you city boy, or somethin'? 321 00:19:14,754 --> 00:19:15,989 [all laugh] 322 00:19:17,323 --> 00:19:18,892 Think you so damn funny, huh? 323 00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:22,462 Why you whistle like that? 324 00:19:23,830 --> 00:19:26,266 Look, it's been three days, okay? 325 00:19:26,299 --> 00:19:27,600 And we haven't heard nothin' more 326 00:19:27,634 --> 00:19:29,2 about what I did in Money. 327 00:19:29,35 --> 00:19:31,4 That's 'cause no one knows your face 'round here. 328 00:19:31,37 --> 00:19:32,205 That don't mean they not in one of 'em cars 329 00:19:32,272 --> 00:19:33,306 looking for us. 330 00:19:33,340 --> 00:19:34,874 Look, I said I was sorry. 331 00:19:36,142 --> 00:19:37,911 We gotta tell Pappa. 332 00:19:37,944 --> 00:19:40,180 We all agreed we wouldn't say anything. 333 00:19:40,213 --> 00:19:41,581 [Simmy] He'll make Bobo go home. 334 00:19:41,614 --> 00:19:43,483 So what? 335 00:19:43,516 --> 00:19:45,385 You don't see what's been going on around here? 336 00:19:45,452 --> 00:19:46,753 They killin' Negroes 337 00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:49,322 for doing way less than what you did in Money. 338 00:19:49,356 --> 00:19:51,191 You ain't no White man, Bobo. You one of us! 339 00:19:51,224 --> 00:19:52,492 Hey, leave him alone, Maurice. 340 00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:54,227 Mrs. Bryant must've kept it to herself. 341 00:19:54,294 --> 00:19:55,662 No one has to know. 342 00:19:59,899 --> 00:20:01,601 [people chattering] 343 00:20:01,634 --> 00:20:04,70 [rock 'n' roll song continues] 344 00:20:14,647 --> 00:20:17,350 -[women chuckle] -Willie Mae, Ollie, 345 00:20:17,384 --> 00:20:20,53 I swear you two are losing on purpose. 346 00:20:20,86 --> 00:20:21,955 Yeah, well, you must have all the luck tonight, Mamie. 347 00:20:21,988 --> 00:20:23,957 -[Ollie] Mm-hmm. -[Mamie chuckles] 348 00:20:23,990 --> 00:20:25,525 Now, we've been here all night, 349 00:20:25,558 --> 00:20:27,694 and you still haven't told us what's bothering you. 350 00:20:27,761 --> 00:20:29,262 I'm fine. 351 00:20:29,329 --> 00:20:31,364 I got a letter today from Aunty Lizzie. 352 00:20:31,398 --> 00:20:34,367 She said Bo is really happy. That's all I needed to hear. 353 00:20:34,401 --> 00:20:35,935 [Ollie] Mm. 354 00:20:35,969 --> 00:20:37,337 -[Willie Mae] That's real good, Mamie. -[Mamie] Mm-hmm. 355 00:20:37,370 --> 00:20:38,938 My boy, Curtis, just made it down to Mississippi. 356 00:20:38,972 --> 00:20:40,73 I already told Uncle, 357 00:20:40,106 --> 00:20:41,708 "Make sure he see Bo tomorrow." 358 00:20:41,775 --> 00:20:42,909 Bo would like that. 359 00:20:42,942 --> 00:20:44,377 Yeah. 360 00:20:44,411 --> 00:20:45,979 [Mamie] It'd be nice for him to have another friend... 361 00:20:46,12 --> 00:20:47,914 -...from the city there with him. -[Willie Mae] Mm-hmm. 362 00:20:47,947 --> 00:20:49,582 [Mamie] Oh, he just doesn't understand 363 00:20:49,649 --> 00:20:51,284 how different things are down there. 364 00:20:51,351 --> 00:20:52,652 Yeah. 365 00:20:52,686 --> 00:20:55,355 Aunty Lizzie said Bo's been working the fields. 366 00:20:55,388 --> 00:20:57,424 -[Ollie] Oh! -[all laugh] 367 00:20:57,457 --> 00:21:00,860 I can't imagine Bo in the hot sun 368 00:21:00,927 --> 00:21:02,662 all day pulling some cotton. 369 00:21:02,696 --> 00:21:04,230 [Willie Mae] No. 370 00:21:04,264 --> 00:21:07,467 But Aunty Lizzie said I raised one nice, hardworking boy. 371 00:21:07,534 --> 00:21:09,269 -That's my Bo. -[Willie Mae] Yes. 372 00:21:09,302 --> 00:21:11,705 [jazz music playing faintly on speakers] 373 00:21:13,540 --> 00:21:15,575 Can't believe he's been gone a week. 374 00:21:16,843 --> 00:21:19,45 Gene and I wanna take a trip soon, 375 00:21:19,112 --> 00:21:21,114 but I really wanna go down to Mississippi 376 00:21:21,147 --> 00:21:22,449 and bring my son home. 377 00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:26,152 If Bo could just get his feet back 378 00:21:26,186 --> 00:21:28,888 onto the Chicago soil, he'd be one happy kid. 379 00:21:36,296 --> 00:21:38,598 I... I don't know why I said that. 380 00:21:43,603 --> 00:21:45,171 [Willie Mae] Looks like your little winning streak 381 00:21:45,205 --> 00:21:46,206 is over, Mamie. 382 00:21:48,74 --> 00:21:49,743 [Willie Mae laughs] 383 00:21:50,744 --> 00:21:53,346 -Well, look at that. -[all chuckle] 384 00:21:53,413 --> 00:21:54,647 [Ollie] You wanna play one more hand? 385 00:21:54,714 --> 00:21:55,715 Sure. 386 00:21:55,749 --> 00:21:57,350 But you deal this time. 387 00:21:57,417 --> 00:21:59,319 [Ollie] Absolutely. You still gonna lose. 388 00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:05,592 -These cards, girl. -[Willie Mae chuckles] 389 00:22:07,27 --> 00:22:08,661 [announcer on radio] A grand jury has declined 390 00:22:08,728 --> 00:22:10,296 to indict the suspect 391 00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:12,365 for the murder of Reverend George Washington Lee, 392 00:22:12,432 --> 00:22:15,535 a Mississippi Negro man killed while driving his car. 393 00:22:15,602 --> 00:22:19,172 Lee lead the Belzoni, Mississippi NAACP 394 00:22:19,205 --> 00:22:21,875 in his efforts to register hundreds of Negroes 395 00:22:21,908 --> 00:22:23,343 -to vote for the first time. -[door opens] 396 00:22:23,376 --> 00:22:25,779 [laughter and chatter in other room] 397 00:22:25,812 --> 00:22:27,647 [news announcement continues indistinctly] 398 00:22:27,681 --> 00:22:28,682 [door opens] 399 00:22:31,51 --> 00:22:33,86 Pappa, you and Mama ain't asleep? 400 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:34,320 [Moses] Mm. 401 00:22:34,354 --> 00:22:36,623 How can we sleep when y'all ain't home yet? 402 00:22:36,656 --> 00:22:38,525 What'd you boys get into tonight? 403 00:22:38,558 --> 00:22:40,460 Nothing much, Daddy. Just taking Bobo around. 404 00:22:40,493 --> 00:22:41,928 [Moses] Mm. 405 00:22:41,961 --> 00:22:43,463 All right. Night, Ma. Night, Pa. 406 00:22:43,496 --> 00:22:44,564 -[Simmy] Good night. -Night night. 407 00:22:44,631 --> 00:22:45,532 Good night. 408 00:22:48,468 --> 00:22:49,402 Bobo! 409 00:22:53,373 --> 00:22:54,708 We leaving early tomorrow 410 00:22:54,774 --> 00:22:56,509 to mail that letter out to your mama, you hear? 411 00:22:57,477 --> 00:23:00,580 Okay. Good night. 412 00:23:00,647 --> 00:23:02,415 [Moses and Lizzie] Good night. 413 00:23:02,482 --> 00:23:05,652 -[whispers] That was close. -[quiet laughter] 414 00:23:05,685 --> 00:23:08,254 [announcer] ...after having registered dozens of Negroes 415 00:23:08,288 --> 00:23:10,390 to vote in the local runoff election. 416 00:23:10,423 --> 00:23:12,692 No charges have been made. 417 00:23:12,726 --> 00:23:15,28 [sentimental music playing] 418 00:24:12,919 --> 00:24:13,920 [switch clicks] 419 00:24:21,861 --> 00:24:23,96 [car pulls up] 420 00:24:24,30 --> 00:24:25,331 [car door opens] 421 00:24:26,32 --> 00:24:28,201 [footsteps approaching] 422 00:24:33,39 --> 00:24:34,507 [banging on door] 423 00:24:38,78 --> 00:24:39,479 [banging on door] 424 00:24:39,512 --> 00:24:40,580 [Roy] Preacher! 425 00:24:41,581 --> 00:24:42,615 Preacher! 426 00:24:44,17 --> 00:24:45,218 [Moses] Who is it? 427 00:24:45,251 --> 00:24:46,353 [Roy] It's Mr. Bryant. 428 00:24:46,386 --> 00:24:48,355 I wanna talk to you about that boy. 429 00:24:49,689 --> 00:24:50,690 [hesitates] 430 00:24:50,757 --> 00:24:51,791 Sir? 431 00:24:51,825 --> 00:24:52,959 [Roy] I want that boy 432 00:24:53,26 --> 00:24:54,828 who did the talking down in Money. 433 00:24:55,662 --> 00:24:58,131 Talking, sir? What talking? 434 00:24:58,198 --> 00:24:59,666 [Roy] Open up this door, Preacher! 435 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:01,501 [banging on door] 436 00:25:02,68 --> 00:25:03,69 [Simmy] Bobo! 437 00:25:04,804 --> 00:25:07,240 [Roy] You better open up this door, Preacher! 438 00:25:07,273 --> 00:25:08,641 [Simmy whispers] Bobo! Wake up! 439 00:25:08,675 --> 00:25:09,809 [banging on door continues] 440 00:25:09,843 --> 00:25:11,611 Leave me alone. 441 00:25:11,644 --> 00:25:12,712 Get up! Someone's come! 442 00:25:12,779 --> 00:25:14,114 [Roy] You know who I'm talking about! 443 00:25:14,147 --> 00:25:15,215 So what? 444 00:25:15,248 --> 00:25:16,783 They've come for you! 445 00:25:16,816 --> 00:25:18,51 [Moses] I don't know. 446 00:25:18,84 --> 00:25:19,219 Who's come? 447 00:25:20,620 --> 00:25:22,655 I don't know what you mean, Mr. Bryant. 448 00:25:22,689 --> 00:25:25,58 [Roy] You got that boy from Chicago. 449 00:25:25,91 --> 00:25:26,726 -[door bangs] -[Moses groans] 450 00:25:26,793 --> 00:25:29,396 [tense music playing] 451 00:25:45,812 --> 00:25:47,280 You that big mouth nigger? 452 00:25:48,248 --> 00:25:49,149 Who are you? 453 00:25:50,183 --> 00:25:51,451 [Roy] Get your clothes on. 454 00:25:55,422 --> 00:25:58,191 Mr. Bryant, you ain't got to do this. 455 00:25:58,258 --> 00:25:59,559 He just a young boy. 456 00:25:59,592 --> 00:26:00,960 [Roy] Better shut them eyes. 457 00:26:00,994 --> 00:26:02,262 -[Simmy] Oh! -[Moses] Simmy! 458 00:26:13,406 --> 00:26:15,575 [Roy] You don't need no goddamn socks, boy. 459 00:26:18,278 --> 00:26:20,213 I... I don't wear shoes without socks. 460 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,315 [Bo gasping] 461 00:26:22,349 --> 00:26:23,983 Don't talk back to them! 462 00:26:24,17 --> 00:26:25,418 [Roy] We just gonna teach him a lesson. 463 00:26:25,452 --> 00:26:26,619 [Moses] Stay right here, Simmy! 464 00:26:26,686 --> 00:26:27,787 -[Lizzie] Please! -[Roy] Move! 465 00:26:27,854 --> 00:26:29,322 -[Lizzie] Don't take him! -[Roy] Move! 466 00:26:29,356 --> 00:26:32,125 I'll whup him if he's done something wrong! 467 00:26:32,158 --> 00:26:34,627 [grunts] We'll give you money. 468 00:26:34,694 --> 00:26:35,762 [Roy] Watch out. 469 00:26:35,795 --> 00:26:36,796 [Milam] We don't need no money! 470 00:26:37,731 --> 00:26:38,631 [Moses] Please! 471 00:26:38,698 --> 00:26:40,500 The boy ain't got good sense. 472 00:26:40,567 --> 00:26:41,634 [Milam] He's gonna learn! 473 00:26:45,38 --> 00:26:46,239 But, Mr. Bryant! 474 00:26:48,775 --> 00:26:49,876 -[Lizzie gasps] -[gun cocks] 475 00:26:49,909 --> 00:26:51,11 [Milam] What'd you say to my brother? 476 00:26:53,713 --> 00:26:55,148 [footsteps recede] 477 00:26:55,782 --> 00:26:56,783 [car door opens] 478 00:27:00,754 --> 00:27:02,188 [Bo grunts] 479 00:27:04,724 --> 00:27:05,658 [Roy] All right. Get up. 480 00:27:06,726 --> 00:27:08,61 [gasping] 481 00:27:08,962 --> 00:27:10,96 Carolyn! 482 00:27:11,331 --> 00:27:12,532 Is this the right nigger? 483 00:27:12,599 --> 00:27:14,601 [Bo breathing shakily] 484 00:27:18,238 --> 00:27:19,406 That's the one. 485 00:27:20,106 --> 00:27:21,174 [Roy] All right. 486 00:27:21,207 --> 00:27:22,809 [Bo gasping] 487 00:27:23,677 --> 00:27:24,844 [Bo] Get off me. 488 00:27:24,911 --> 00:27:26,513 Shut up, boy! Shut up. 489 00:27:27,981 --> 00:27:29,249 [Bo struggling] 490 00:27:29,282 --> 00:27:31,651 -[Roy] All right. -[Bo grunting] 491 00:27:32,619 --> 00:27:34,187 [car engine starting] 492 00:27:36,923 --> 00:27:39,292 [despairful music playing] 493 00:27:41,528 --> 00:27:42,562 [grunts] 494 00:27:58,144 --> 00:27:59,846 [car drives off] 495 00:28:30,810 --> 00:28:32,112 [Milam in distance] Look at me, boy! 496 00:28:32,145 --> 00:28:34,47 [Bo crying in pain] 497 00:28:34,114 --> 00:28:35,315 Hold him down! 498 00:28:37,50 --> 00:28:39,152 -[Roy] Watch it, now! -[Bo coughs] 499 00:28:39,185 --> 00:28:41,54 -[Milam grunts] -[blow lands] 500 00:28:41,121 --> 00:28:42,155 [Milam] Shut your mouth! 501 00:28:42,188 --> 00:28:44,124 [mocking laughter] 502 00:28:44,157 --> 00:28:45,825 Come on. Get up! Get up! 503 00:28:45,859 --> 00:28:46,893 Hold him up! 504 00:28:46,926 --> 00:28:49,195 -[Milam grunting] -[object striking] 505 00:28:49,262 --> 00:28:50,730 [Bo screams in pain] 506 00:28:52,932 --> 00:28:55,168 [distant, indistinct conversation] 507 00:29:07,347 --> 00:29:09,616 [unnerving music playing] 508 00:29:13,219 --> 00:29:14,287 [object thuds] 509 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,356 -[Milam grunts] -[object thudding] 510 00:29:17,590 --> 00:29:19,192 [breathing heavily] 511 00:29:28,334 --> 00:29:29,803 [phone rings] 512 00:29:35,875 --> 00:29:36,876 Hello? 513 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,216 [Mamie whimpering] 514 00:29:43,249 --> 00:29:45,418 Get out of the way, Gene! I gotta get to Money! 515 00:29:45,485 --> 00:29:46,986 Money? Money? Mamie, what's going on? 516 00:29:47,53 --> 00:29:48,321 They took Bo! 517 00:29:48,355 --> 00:29:49,789 -Who took Bo? -I... 518 00:29:49,823 --> 00:29:51,825 Preacher told me two men came and got Bo last night. 519 00:29:51,891 --> 00:29:53,259 I couldn't hear anything else after that. 520 00:29:53,326 --> 00:29:54,828 -I gotta find Bo! -Mamie! Mamie! Mamie! 521 00:29:54,894 --> 00:29:57,997 Mamie, let's go inside, call your mama, 522 00:29:58,64 --> 00:30:00,66 try and get in touch with Preacher and Aunty Lizzie 523 00:30:00,100 --> 00:30:01,101 for more information, okay? 524 00:30:02,402 --> 00:30:04,104 -Come on. Come on. -[Mamie sniffles] 525 00:30:06,806 --> 00:30:09,709 We give you all the glory, Lord. 526 00:30:09,776 --> 00:30:11,678 -Glory to God. -Yes. 527 00:30:11,711 --> 00:30:14,981 Glory to God. Yes, Lord. Glory to God. 528 00:30:15,15 --> 00:30:17,83 -Yes. -[Alma] Mm-hmm. 529 00:30:17,117 --> 00:30:19,586 He's going to bring him back to you, baby. 530 00:30:19,652 --> 00:30:20,854 [door opens and closes] 531 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:22,88 Yes, ma'am. 532 00:30:24,824 --> 00:30:26,26 [whispers] Alma. 533 00:30:26,92 --> 00:30:27,293 Thank you. 534 00:30:30,463 --> 00:30:31,464 [John] Mamie. 535 00:30:33,33 --> 00:30:34,34 Alma. 536 00:30:35,268 --> 00:30:36,703 You weren't going to tell me? 537 00:30:38,171 --> 00:30:39,806 I called your wife. 538 00:30:41,174 --> 00:30:42,876 [scoffs] 539 00:30:42,942 --> 00:30:46,479 No matter the differences between me and your mother, 540 00:30:47,180 --> 00:30:48,815 I'm still your father. 541 00:30:50,50 --> 00:30:51,51 Mamie, 542 00:30:52,452 --> 00:30:54,821 we're gonna find Bo. 543 00:30:54,854 --> 00:30:57,290 -Mm. [sniffles] -Sit down. 544 00:30:57,323 --> 00:31:00,760 I brought your cousin along to help us. 545 00:31:00,827 --> 00:31:03,997 Do you remember Rayfield? Rayfield Mooty. 546 00:31:05,331 --> 00:31:08,401 Came by the house a lot when you was a kid. 547 00:31:08,435 --> 00:31:11,37 He works with some powerful Negro people 548 00:31:11,71 --> 00:31:12,839 who can help us find Bo. 549 00:31:14,574 --> 00:31:16,209 It's been a long time, ma'am. 550 00:31:16,276 --> 00:31:17,977 -[Alma] Nice to see you again. -[Rayfield] Mm. 551 00:31:19,279 --> 00:31:20,280 Mamie. 552 00:31:21,514 --> 00:31:24,484 Oh. I'm sorry. [sniffles] 553 00:31:24,517 --> 00:31:27,620 Thank you for coming, Mr. Mooty. 554 00:31:27,654 --> 00:31:28,888 I've, uh... 555 00:31:30,990 --> 00:31:35,595 I've been in touch with Mr. William Huff, 556 00:31:35,628 --> 00:31:39,299 counsel for the NAACP chapter here in Chicago. 557 00:31:39,332 --> 00:31:42,168 He wants to meet with you first thing tomorrow morning. 558 00:31:42,202 --> 00:31:45,305 I've included the address to his office. 559 00:31:46,239 --> 00:31:47,240 Here. 560 00:31:50,377 --> 00:31:51,878 He has political connections 561 00:31:51,911 --> 00:31:53,780 throughout the state of Mississippi. 562 00:31:53,813 --> 00:31:56,116 And he's in regular contact with Mayor Daley, 563 00:31:56,182 --> 00:31:58,752 Congressman Dawson, and Governor Stratton. 564 00:32:00,186 --> 00:32:02,956 I do know the NAACP, 565 00:32:03,23 --> 00:32:06,693 and it sounds like he knows the right people 566 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,929 [voice breaking] who can help me find Bo. 567 00:32:12,132 --> 00:32:13,933 Well, I'll meet you in Mr. Huff's office 568 00:32:13,967 --> 00:32:15,535 tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. 569 00:32:17,971 --> 00:32:19,506 -[John] Thanks, Ray. -[Rayfield] Mm-hmm. 570 00:32:19,539 --> 00:32:20,940 I will see you soon. 571 00:32:25,645 --> 00:32:27,947 [softly] Hey. 572 00:32:27,981 --> 00:32:29,683 [Dizzy Gillespie's "He Beeped When He Shoulda Bopped" plays] 573 00:32:29,716 --> 00:32:32,652 ♪ At last the leader turned around and said ♪ 574 00:32:32,686 --> 00:32:34,788 ♪ Listen, Pops, you had better stop ♪ 575 00:32:34,821 --> 00:32:36,990 ♪ Oh, there you go, you did it again ♪ 576 00:32:37,57 --> 00:32:40,260 ♪ You just beeped when you should have bopped ♪ 577 00:32:45,999 --> 00:32:46,966 [song ends] 578 00:32:58,144 --> 00:32:59,846 [record crackles] 579 00:33:02,15 --> 00:33:04,851 [Dizzy Gillespie's "He Beeped When He Shoulda Bopped" plays] 580 00:33:06,553 --> 00:33:07,887 [sighs] 581 00:33:14,94 --> 00:33:15,562 [song fading] 582 00:33:15,595 --> 00:33:17,597 [tense music playing] 583 00:33:19,699 --> 00:33:22,2 [indistinct conversation] 584 00:33:22,35 --> 00:33:23,269 [woman] It's on your calendar, 585 00:33:23,303 --> 00:33:24,971 and you have the meeting right after that. 586 00:33:25,5 --> 00:33:26,439 Morning! 587 00:33:26,473 --> 00:33:27,841 [man] Hi, John. How are you today? 588 00:33:30,543 --> 00:33:32,145 [indistinct conversations] 589 00:33:46,159 --> 00:33:48,294 [Rayfield] Mr. Huff, this is Mrs. Bradley. 590 00:33:48,328 --> 00:33:50,597 Thank you for meeting with us, Mr. Huff. 591 00:33:50,630 --> 00:33:52,499 -[Rayfield] And Mr. Mobley. -[William] Yes, thank you. 592 00:33:52,565 --> 00:33:55,502 I have great respect for your cousin. 593 00:33:55,568 --> 00:33:57,604 His work with the United Steelworkers has helped 594 00:33:57,637 --> 00:34:00,40 to make it one of the strongest Negro unions. 595 00:34:01,207 --> 00:34:03,209 -I didn't know that. -[William] Mm-hmm. 596 00:34:07,814 --> 00:34:08,815 Are you employed? 597 00:34:10,650 --> 00:34:11,918 I work for the Air Force. 598 00:34:11,951 --> 00:34:13,653 She's the only Negro woman in the office. 599 00:34:16,456 --> 00:34:17,757 Mrs. Bradley. 600 00:34:19,259 --> 00:34:20,326 You two aren't married? 601 00:34:21,761 --> 00:34:22,796 Um... 602 00:34:22,829 --> 00:34:23,930 No. 603 00:34:23,963 --> 00:34:25,98 Not yet, anyway. 604 00:34:26,166 --> 00:34:27,467 Where's Emmett's father? 605 00:34:29,836 --> 00:34:33,373 Louis Till died overseas about 10 years ago. 606 00:34:33,406 --> 00:34:34,674 Uh, during the war. 607 00:34:36,109 --> 00:34:37,777 And Mr. Bradley? 608 00:34:40,413 --> 00:34:42,615 You have a lot of questions for me, Mr. Huff. 609 00:34:42,649 --> 00:34:45,352 And none of them seem to have anything to do with my son. 610 00:34:52,58 --> 00:34:53,293 [William] I've been briefed on your case. 611 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,528 Bo is not a case. 612 00:34:58,732 --> 00:35:00,667 I've drafted two telegrams to send. 613 00:35:00,700 --> 00:35:02,936 One to Governor White in Mississippi. 614 00:35:02,969 --> 00:35:04,237 The other to Governor Stratton, 615 00:35:04,270 --> 00:35:06,72 here in Illinois. 616 00:35:06,106 --> 00:35:07,741 It's important they know about Emmett. 617 00:35:09,9 --> 00:35:10,844 We're currently investigating the murders 618 00:35:10,877 --> 00:35:12,946 of Lamar Smith and Reverend Lee. 619 00:35:12,979 --> 00:35:15,849 They did a lot of work getting Negroes registered to vote. 620 00:35:15,882 --> 00:35:17,317 Because of what happened to them, 621 00:35:17,384 --> 00:35:18,818 the Negro press in Mississippi 622 00:35:18,852 --> 00:35:21,287 started to write about Emmett's kidnapping, 623 00:35:21,321 --> 00:35:23,957 but it's not creating enough pressure needed 624 00:35:23,990 --> 00:35:26,960 to force them into a state-wide search. 625 00:35:28,828 --> 00:35:30,530 Now, as your counsel, 626 00:35:30,563 --> 00:35:34,134 I'd like to utilize all of the press here in Chicago. 627 00:35:34,167 --> 00:35:35,335 It's more likely to get picked up 628 00:35:35,402 --> 00:35:37,170 by other cities that way. 629 00:35:37,237 --> 00:35:38,905 You're gonna have to talk to reporters, 630 00:35:40,306 --> 00:35:41,708 speak in front of cameras. 631 00:35:42,575 --> 00:35:45,345 So... we like to make sure 632 00:35:45,412 --> 00:35:48,782 that the person who's telling the story is in public favor. 633 00:35:51,317 --> 00:35:53,887 It's better that I ask you questions now 634 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,356 than some reporter finding something later. 635 00:36:00,460 --> 00:36:01,628 [hesitating] 636 00:36:01,695 --> 00:36:03,163 The reverend and Mr. Lee, 637 00:36:03,196 --> 00:36:05,765 I heard they were killed right before Bo got down there. 638 00:36:05,799 --> 00:36:07,434 [Gene] Mamie... 639 00:36:07,467 --> 00:36:11,71 I know these Citizen Councils are everywhere in Mississippi. 640 00:36:11,137 --> 00:36:13,6 You think they had a part in any of it? 641 00:36:16,176 --> 00:36:18,345 When the message to White people 642 00:36:18,378 --> 00:36:22,15 is to stop Negroes from voting or advancing, 643 00:36:23,216 --> 00:36:25,151 by any means short of violence, 644 00:36:26,619 --> 00:36:27,887 it's only a matter of time 645 00:36:27,921 --> 00:36:30,323 before someone doesn't stop short of it. 646 00:36:32,292 --> 00:36:34,527 [Gene] Let's just focus on finding Bo. 647 00:36:40,467 --> 00:36:41,968 Why do you call him "Bo"? 648 00:36:45,638 --> 00:36:47,741 When I was carrying him, 649 00:36:49,242 --> 00:36:51,411 my mama's friend would bring him gifts 650 00:36:51,478 --> 00:36:53,847 all the time, and say, 651 00:36:53,913 --> 00:36:55,615 "Here's another one for little Bobo." 652 00:36:57,384 --> 00:37:00,387 After he was born, it just stuck. 653 00:37:04,491 --> 00:37:07,193 He was a perfect baby. 654 00:37:07,227 --> 00:37:10,930 Born breech, and had his share of problems, but... 655 00:37:13,666 --> 00:37:17,3 he was a perfect baby. 656 00:37:18,104 --> 00:37:19,873 [sentimental music playing] 657 00:37:36,823 --> 00:37:38,858 Hi, we live across the street 658 00:37:38,892 --> 00:37:40,894 and read about what happened to Emmett. 659 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,897 Everybody in the neighborhood knows that sweet little boy. 660 00:37:43,963 --> 00:37:45,799 [indistinct chatter] 661 00:37:50,3 --> 00:37:51,404 [Gene] But maybe somebody will read the paper, 662 00:37:51,438 --> 00:37:52,806 and they'll know Bo's ours. 663 00:37:52,839 --> 00:37:55,8 [Mamie] I don't care what anyone thinks Bo did 664 00:37:55,41 --> 00:37:57,110 or did not do in that store. 665 00:37:57,143 --> 00:37:59,746 They took my child, and I need him back. 666 00:37:59,813 --> 00:38:01,281 [phone rings] 667 00:38:01,915 --> 00:38:03,883 Hello? Mr. Huff! 668 00:38:05,51 --> 00:38:07,387 Yes, yes, yes. I'll get Mamie. 669 00:38:07,420 --> 00:38:08,888 [whispers] Sounds like he has good news. 670 00:38:10,423 --> 00:38:11,491 Mr. Huff? 671 00:38:12,726 --> 00:38:14,394 He wrote back? 672 00:38:14,427 --> 00:38:16,262 The governor wants to talk to Mr. Huff 673 00:38:16,296 --> 00:38:17,697 about what happened to Bo. 674 00:38:17,731 --> 00:38:18,998 Thank you. 675 00:38:19,32 --> 00:38:20,734 Thank you for the update, Mr. Huff. 676 00:38:22,435 --> 00:38:24,771 Okay. I'll be in touch. 677 00:38:25,705 --> 00:38:26,840 [soft knock on door] 678 00:38:28,308 --> 00:38:29,476 [door opens] 679 00:38:29,509 --> 00:38:31,344 [footsteps approaching] 680 00:38:37,517 --> 00:38:38,752 [sighs softly] 681 00:38:39,586 --> 00:38:40,587 [gulps] 682 00:38:41,488 --> 00:38:42,789 A reporter called me. 683 00:38:46,59 --> 00:38:48,28 He didn't wanna tell you himself. 684 00:38:54,100 --> 00:38:56,536 Bo's body was found in a river. 685 00:38:56,603 --> 00:38:58,972 Preacher just identified him to the sheriff. 686 00:38:59,39 --> 00:39:03,343 He... He recognized the ring Bo was wearing. 687 00:39:07,947 --> 00:39:09,949 I'm so sorry, Mamie. 688 00:39:11,685 --> 00:39:13,186 He's... [shudders] 689 00:39:14,54 --> 00:39:15,388 He's dead. 690 00:39:15,455 --> 00:39:17,624 [grim music playing] 691 00:39:28,1 --> 00:39:29,669 [dramatic note plays] 692 00:39:29,703 --> 00:39:31,638 [imperceptible] 693 00:39:32,472 --> 00:39:34,908 [sorrowful music playing] 694 00:39:58,431 --> 00:40:00,400 [audience on TV laughing] 695 00:40:04,371 --> 00:40:06,673 [reporter on TV] This is a breaking news bulletin. 696 00:40:07,674 --> 00:40:09,42 We interrupt this broadcast 697 00:40:09,109 --> 00:40:10,744 to report a breaking news story. 698 00:40:10,810 --> 00:40:14,814 The body of Emmett Louis Till has been found dead 699 00:40:14,848 --> 00:40:17,751 in the Tallahatchie River near Money, Mississippi. 700 00:40:17,817 --> 00:40:20,320 Till, a Negro boy from Chicago, was kidnapped 701 00:40:20,387 --> 00:40:22,722 while visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi. 702 00:40:22,756 --> 00:40:24,457 Again, that breaking news. 703 00:40:24,524 --> 00:40:27,60 The body of Emmett Louis Till has been found in Mississippi. 704 00:40:27,127 --> 00:40:28,561 We'll have details ahead... 705 00:40:28,595 --> 00:40:30,30 [broadcaster on radio] ...and J.W. Milam 706 00:40:30,63 --> 00:40:31,965 were already in police custody 707 00:40:31,998 --> 00:40:33,533 after admitting to the kidnapping, 708 00:40:33,566 --> 00:40:35,835 but they now face possible indictment 709 00:40:35,869 --> 00:40:37,537 for the murder of Till. 710 00:40:37,570 --> 00:40:42,342 [sheriff] We have proved by two or three witnesses 711 00:40:42,409 --> 00:40:44,744 that the body found in Tallahatchie River 712 00:40:44,778 --> 00:40:46,479 was that of Emmett Till. 713 00:40:46,546 --> 00:40:48,748 We proved that the body had the ring... 714 00:40:48,782 --> 00:40:50,283 [man on TV] ...this lynching 715 00:40:50,316 --> 00:40:51,885 that the state of Mississippi has decided 716 00:40:51,918 --> 00:40:53,787 to maintain this White supremacy 717 00:40:53,853 --> 00:40:56,189 by murdering children. 718 00:40:57,724 --> 00:41:00,193 Look, it was because he was a boy, 719 00:41:00,226 --> 00:41:02,495 that's why they went there. 720 00:41:02,562 --> 00:41:05,498 They had to prove that they were superior. 721 00:41:05,565 --> 00:41:07,167 They had to prove it 722 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:11,104 by taking away a 14-year-old boy. 723 00:41:11,171 --> 00:41:12,739 Mamie, you need to eat something. 724 00:41:12,772 --> 00:41:14,874 [man] The killers of the boy felt free to lynch him 725 00:41:14,908 --> 00:41:16,242 because there is, 726 00:41:16,309 --> 00:41:17,744 -in the entire state... -[knocking on door] 727 00:41:17,777 --> 00:41:20,213 ...no restraining influence of decency. 728 00:41:20,947 --> 00:41:21,815 Hate. 729 00:41:22,749 --> 00:41:24,451 It's like a virus in the blood 730 00:41:24,484 --> 00:41:25,819 -of the Mississippians. -[Gene sighs] 731 00:41:25,885 --> 00:41:27,520 They can't help it. 732 00:41:27,587 --> 00:41:29,389 [reporter] That was Roy Wilkins... 733 00:41:29,456 --> 00:41:32,58 -[door opens] -...the executive director of the NAACP... 734 00:41:32,92 --> 00:41:33,626 [Rayfield] You mind if I speak with Mamie? 735 00:41:33,660 --> 00:41:35,61 [reporter] ...giving his reaction to the recent killing 736 00:41:35,95 --> 00:41:38,64 of 14-year-old Negro boy, Emmett Till. 737 00:41:38,98 --> 00:41:40,200 Burial preparations by local sheriffs 738 00:41:40,233 --> 00:41:41,768 have already started being made 739 00:41:41,801 --> 00:41:43,937 in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, 740 00:41:43,970 --> 00:41:45,805 where Till's body was found. 741 00:41:45,839 --> 00:41:47,73 [Rayfield] Mamie? 742 00:41:47,107 --> 00:41:47,941 [reporter] Negro leaders are calling 743 00:41:47,974 --> 00:41:49,709 on local and federal officials 744 00:41:49,776 --> 00:41:52,479 to investigate the murder, and to indict J.W. Milam... 745 00:42:22,442 --> 00:42:23,410 Uh... [sighs] 746 00:42:27,547 --> 00:42:30,850 -My sincere condolences... -Stop. 747 00:42:32,452 --> 00:42:33,453 I can't. 748 00:42:38,191 --> 00:42:40,293 I need Bo's body sent back here. 749 00:42:42,28 --> 00:42:43,997 I can't have him buried in Mississippi. 750 00:42:44,30 --> 00:42:46,32 Mississippi won't make that deal with you. 751 00:42:46,99 --> 00:42:47,133 Then make them. 752 00:42:50,36 --> 00:42:53,606 I'm sure Mr. Huff can get Mayor Daley 753 00:42:53,673 --> 00:42:55,542 or the governor to talk to somebody. 754 00:42:58,11 --> 00:42:59,212 Those people in Mississippi 755 00:42:59,279 --> 00:43:01,481 are trying to dump Bo in the ground 756 00:43:01,548 --> 00:43:03,483 like he's just another body. 757 00:43:03,550 --> 00:43:04,718 He is my baby. 758 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:08,355 I need to see him. 759 00:43:16,863 --> 00:43:18,231 I'll speak with Mr. Huff. 760 00:43:18,298 --> 00:43:19,232 Thank you. 761 00:43:30,143 --> 00:43:31,778 You know... [clears throat] 762 00:43:34,214 --> 00:43:36,716 Mamie, you have the public's attention right now. 763 00:43:39,753 --> 00:43:40,820 And, uh, 764 00:43:42,455 --> 00:43:44,791 it would be in a politician's best interest 765 00:43:44,824 --> 00:43:46,659 to help you during an election year. 766 00:43:49,963 --> 00:43:52,165 There's an opportunity in that. 767 00:43:58,538 --> 00:44:00,807 Uh... 768 00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:05,779 Some organizers and executive members of the NAACP 769 00:44:05,812 --> 00:44:08,381 have been speaking with the justice department 770 00:44:08,415 --> 00:44:09,816 about creating legislation 771 00:44:09,849 --> 00:44:12,285 that would make lynching a federal crime. 772 00:44:15,255 --> 00:44:18,58 What happened to Reverend Lee was a lynching. 773 00:44:19,192 --> 00:44:21,695 Lamar Smith. A lynching. 774 00:44:24,531 --> 00:44:25,398 -Emmett... -I... 775 00:44:25,432 --> 00:44:26,866 [Rayfield fumbles for words] 776 00:44:26,933 --> 00:44:28,935 [Rayfield chuckles slightly] uh... 777 00:44:29,869 --> 00:44:33,640 We have an opportunity 778 00:44:33,673 --> 00:44:37,977 to use this moment to help us pass this legislation. 779 00:44:38,11 --> 00:44:40,447 Might even help you get an indictment. 780 00:44:40,513 --> 00:44:41,781 Maybe even a conviction. 781 00:44:41,815 --> 00:44:45,385 I can't think about that right now. 782 00:44:45,418 --> 00:44:48,722 I just need Bo's body sent back here. 783 00:44:48,788 --> 00:44:52,225 Well, the public's paying attention right now, Mamie. 784 00:44:53,793 --> 00:44:55,962 See, this doesn't just have to be about Emmett. 785 00:44:55,995 --> 00:44:58,598 [loudly] Mr. Mooty, my son is dead! 786 00:45:14,114 --> 00:45:17,684 [voice breaking] Make sure Mr. Huff handles this today. 787 00:45:23,990 --> 00:45:25,158 Yes, ma'am. 788 00:45:38,304 --> 00:45:39,305 [car door opens] 789 00:45:40,306 --> 00:45:41,474 [car door closes] 790 00:45:42,842 --> 00:45:44,344 [engine starts] 791 00:45:46,946 --> 00:45:48,381 [car driving off] 792 00:45:48,448 --> 00:45:50,850 [melancholy music playing] 793 00:46:16,376 --> 00:46:20,513 [Gene] Rayfield's ready to take us to the train station. 794 00:46:25,518 --> 00:46:28,822 I, uh, got you a wheelchair. 795 00:46:28,888 --> 00:46:30,190 You know, just in case. 796 00:46:31,624 --> 00:46:33,59 I don't want you falling down. 797 00:46:40,333 --> 00:46:41,835 Preacher called again. 798 00:46:41,901 --> 00:46:45,205 He keeps trying to apologize to you, Mamie. 799 00:46:49,342 --> 00:46:50,710 Aunty Lizzie's coming up here. 800 00:46:50,777 --> 00:46:53,646 He has to stay behind to finish working the fields 801 00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:55,582 and talk to the prosecutor. 802 00:47:06,593 --> 00:47:08,728 I keep asking myself... 803 00:47:12,399 --> 00:47:13,933 "Why is this happening? 804 00:47:18,672 --> 00:47:21,107 "Why did he take my child from me? 805 00:47:28,481 --> 00:47:30,617 [voice breaking] "What am I supposed to do now?" 806 00:47:37,590 --> 00:47:38,725 [Mamie grunts] 807 00:47:40,460 --> 00:47:43,29 Yeah. I have to say goodbye to Mama. 808 00:47:56,743 --> 00:47:57,744 Mama. 809 00:48:15,662 --> 00:48:17,530 [Alma sniffles] 810 00:48:17,597 --> 00:48:19,466 [smacks lips, cries quietly] 811 00:48:23,36 --> 00:48:25,5 I'm the one who told him to go down there. 812 00:48:28,241 --> 00:48:30,310 I wanted him to go down there. 813 00:48:35,648 --> 00:48:37,217 I told him to go down. 814 00:48:40,754 --> 00:48:43,89 [tearfully] I told him to go down there. 815 00:48:46,326 --> 00:48:47,494 [cries] 816 00:48:54,67 --> 00:48:55,568 [train chugging] 817 00:48:55,635 --> 00:48:57,37 [train horn blares] 818 00:48:57,70 --> 00:48:59,406 [announcer speaking indistinctly on PA] 819 00:49:03,543 --> 00:49:05,278 [indistinct chatter] 820 00:49:18,925 --> 00:49:20,660 [brakes squealing] 821 00:49:23,697 --> 00:49:25,265 [train stops] 822 00:49:26,66 --> 00:49:28,301 [breathes deeply] 823 00:49:28,368 --> 00:49:29,369 [whimpers] 824 00:49:31,4 --> 00:49:33,73 -[man] All right. Get that. -[camera flash popping] 825 00:49:37,77 --> 00:49:39,12 [men speaking indistinctly] 826 00:49:45,251 --> 00:49:47,253 [crying quietly] 827 00:49:53,693 --> 00:49:55,895 [mournful music playing] 828 00:49:57,197 --> 00:49:58,765 [Mamie screams] Oh, my God! 829 00:50:00,133 --> 00:50:02,535 My boy! [bawling] 830 00:50:02,569 --> 00:50:06,306 My boy! My only child! 831 00:50:06,339 --> 00:50:08,541 My only boy! 832 00:50:10,877 --> 00:50:14,748 Oh, my Lord! Get him out of that box! 833 00:50:16,182 --> 00:50:19,185 Get him out of the box! 834 00:50:19,219 --> 00:50:22,489 Get him out of the box! He can't breathe! 835 00:50:23,890 --> 00:50:26,593 He can't breathe. My Lord! 836 00:50:28,728 --> 00:50:31,664 Oh, Lord, have mercy! 837 00:50:32,732 --> 00:50:34,134 Help me! 838 00:50:34,167 --> 00:50:36,202 [continues bawling] 839 00:50:36,236 --> 00:50:39,39 -Oh, my God! -[camera flash popping] 840 00:50:41,7 --> 00:50:44,177 Oh, Lord, have mercy! 841 00:50:45,145 --> 00:50:48,314 Show me what you want me to do. 842 00:50:48,348 --> 00:50:51,484 Oh, Lord, show me what you want me to do 843 00:50:51,518 --> 00:50:54,87 and make me able to do it! 844 00:50:54,154 --> 00:50:55,922 My Lord! 845 00:51:07,233 --> 00:51:08,468 I need to prepare you. 846 00:51:13,773 --> 00:51:15,108 Remove the sheet. 847 00:51:25,85 --> 00:51:28,88 [Mamie gasps] Oh, God. [shuddering] 848 00:51:31,825 --> 00:51:33,827 -[Mamie whimpers] -[Gene shuddering] 849 00:51:34,561 --> 00:51:35,662 [Gene sniffles] 850 00:51:41,568 --> 00:51:43,870 -[Gene grunts] -Everyone, leave us. 851 00:51:45,672 --> 00:51:46,973 [Gene grunting softly] 852 00:51:48,274 --> 00:51:50,143 [Mamie continues shuddering] 853 00:51:58,685 --> 00:52:00,320 [door opens] 854 00:52:00,387 --> 00:52:02,956 -[whimpers, breathing shakily] -[door closes] 855 00:52:15,468 --> 00:52:16,469 [sniffles] 856 00:52:17,904 --> 00:52:19,5 [exhales sharply] 857 00:52:20,874 --> 00:52:22,475 [breathing shakily] 858 00:52:43,496 --> 00:52:45,865 [low somber music playing] 859 00:52:56,509 --> 00:52:58,178 [breathes deeply] 860 00:53:06,586 --> 00:53:07,787 [sniffling] 861 00:53:26,172 --> 00:53:27,774 [continues sniffling] 862 00:53:53,967 --> 00:53:55,635 [whimpers] 863 00:53:57,971 --> 00:54:00,407 [bawling] 864 00:54:11,985 --> 00:54:14,421 [continues bawling] 865 00:54:24,731 --> 00:54:27,133 [music slowly rising] 866 00:54:43,49 --> 00:54:45,485 [intense somber music playing] 867 00:55:00,433 --> 00:55:01,634 [Gene] How long will it take you 868 00:55:01,701 --> 00:55:03,336 to turn the body over to us? 869 00:55:03,370 --> 00:55:04,637 Figure out the next step. 870 00:55:04,704 --> 00:55:06,439 Talk to the church. 871 00:55:06,473 --> 00:55:10,10 [Mamie] Gene, can you go back to my place 872 00:55:10,43 --> 00:55:12,379 and bring back Emmett's black suit? 873 00:55:12,445 --> 00:55:14,914 The one he wore last Christmas. 874 00:55:14,948 --> 00:55:16,783 Mama can tell you exactly where it is. 875 00:55:16,816 --> 00:55:18,718 And make sure to get my black dress 876 00:55:18,752 --> 00:55:20,387 that Bo would approve of. 877 00:55:20,453 --> 00:55:22,55 And his matching tie. 878 00:55:24,24 --> 00:55:25,825 Emmett loved this suit. 879 00:55:25,892 --> 00:55:27,460 It's how he'd like to be seen. 880 00:55:29,162 --> 00:55:30,163 Seen? 881 00:55:31,798 --> 00:55:34,934 Mamie, Bo's in no kind of shape to be seen by anybody. 882 00:55:34,968 --> 00:55:38,71 No, he's in just the right shape. 883 00:55:38,104 --> 00:55:42,342 The whole world has to see what happened to my son. 884 00:55:42,375 --> 00:55:45,812 [man] Mrs. Bradley, can I at least fix him up a bit? 885 00:55:45,845 --> 00:55:46,980 Just to make him more... 886 00:55:47,47 --> 00:55:49,182 No one's going to believe what I just saw. 887 00:55:49,549 --> 00:55:50,650 No. 888 00:55:50,684 --> 00:55:53,119 They have to see it for themselves. 889 00:56:08,635 --> 00:56:11,371 [intense somber music continues] 890 00:56:19,379 --> 00:56:21,381 -[indistinct chatter] -[camera flash popping] 891 00:56:21,414 --> 00:56:22,982 [reporter] Ms. Bradley, what would you like to say 892 00:56:23,16 --> 00:56:24,84 to the men who did this? 893 00:56:24,117 --> 00:56:25,585 [reporter 2] What's that smell? 894 00:56:27,587 --> 00:56:31,591 That smell is my son's body. 895 00:56:31,658 --> 00:56:35,395 He came home to me reeking of racial hatred. 896 00:56:35,428 --> 00:56:37,330 His face was bludgeoned. 897 00:56:37,397 --> 00:56:39,466 His teeth are gone. 898 00:56:39,532 --> 00:56:40,834 He was shot in the head. 899 00:56:41,901 --> 00:56:45,572 And now I want America to bear witness. 900 00:56:49,676 --> 00:56:50,877 Come with me, please. 901 00:56:52,879 --> 00:56:53,913 [reporter 1] Right here, Ms. Bradley. 902 00:56:53,980 --> 00:56:55,482 [reporter 2] Ms. Bradley, right here. 903 00:56:55,548 --> 00:56:56,916 [reporter 3] Do you have a message for the perpetrators? 904 00:56:56,983 --> 00:56:58,618 [reporter 2] Will there be a service, Ms. Bradley? 905 00:57:01,888 --> 00:57:04,324 Gene, please come be with me. 906 00:57:14,334 --> 00:57:15,335 [camera flash pops] 907 00:57:16,836 --> 00:57:19,205 [intense somber music continues] 908 00:57:35,755 --> 00:57:37,724 [radio host] News of an open-casket funeral 909 00:57:37,757 --> 00:57:40,226 for the slain 14-year-old Emmett Till 910 00:57:40,293 --> 00:57:42,95 has spread throughout the country. 911 00:57:42,162 --> 00:57:44,464 Many people were in shock over the brutal slaying 912 00:57:44,497 --> 00:57:46,66 and couldn't believe something like this 913 00:57:46,99 --> 00:57:47,801 could happen to a child. 914 00:57:47,867 --> 00:57:49,903 [woman] My heart goes out to her. I'm a mother too. 915 00:57:49,936 --> 00:57:51,671 It could be any one of us. 916 00:57:51,738 --> 00:57:53,940 [man] The right thing is to show America, and the world, 917 00:57:53,973 --> 00:57:55,308 exactly what happened. 918 00:57:55,342 --> 00:57:56,676 [man 2] We know the boy was killed, 919 00:57:56,743 --> 00:57:58,545 but you're making a freak show of his death. 920 00:57:58,611 --> 00:57:59,979 [woman 2] I think she brave. 921 00:58:00,46 --> 00:58:01,648 [man 3] Can't we just grieve in peace? 922 00:58:01,681 --> 00:58:03,116 [man 4] This stuff ain't gonna stop till we see it. 923 00:58:03,183 --> 00:58:04,818 I support her. 924 00:58:04,884 --> 00:58:06,953 [Mamie on radio] It is my opinion that the guilt begins 925 00:58:06,986 --> 00:58:08,621 -with Mrs. Bryant... -[cash register dings] 926 00:58:08,655 --> 00:58:10,890 ...and I wanna see Mrs. Bryant punished, 927 00:58:10,924 --> 00:58:12,559 those two men punished, 928 00:58:12,625 --> 00:58:15,562 and any other persons who were in on this thing. 929 00:58:15,628 --> 00:58:17,63 The pressure should start 930 00:58:17,97 --> 00:58:18,832 from the president of the United States, 931 00:58:18,898 --> 00:58:20,567 all the way down to the township 932 00:58:20,633 --> 00:58:22,369 of Money, Mississippi. 933 00:58:22,402 --> 00:58:24,404 I won't rest until that happens, 934 00:58:24,437 --> 00:58:27,774 even if I have to go to Money, Mississippi myself. 935 00:58:27,807 --> 00:58:28,942 [radio host] Do you have any evidence 936 00:58:28,975 --> 00:58:30,343 bearing on this case? 937 00:58:30,377 --> 00:58:33,113 [Mamie] I do know that this is my son. 938 00:58:33,146 --> 00:58:34,914 [indistinct chatter] 939 00:59:02,375 --> 00:59:03,376 [sniffles] 940 00:59:07,380 --> 00:59:09,749 [whispers] You're not just my Bo anymore. 941 00:59:14,187 --> 00:59:15,21 [Lizzie] Mamie... 942 00:59:18,491 --> 00:59:20,60 [sniffles] Aunty Lizzie. 943 00:59:23,697 --> 00:59:27,33 Simmy and Maurice stayed back with their daddy. 944 00:59:27,67 --> 00:59:29,2 It was probably too much. 945 00:59:29,436 --> 00:59:30,870 [sighs] 946 00:59:32,472 --> 00:59:33,707 I'm so sorry. 947 00:59:36,409 --> 00:59:40,46 When those men came, I tried. 948 00:59:41,948 --> 00:59:44,284 We all tried. [sighs] 949 00:59:46,52 --> 00:59:47,487 I ain't going back, Mamie. 950 00:59:48,188 --> 00:59:50,590 I packed my stuff up, 951 00:59:50,623 --> 00:59:52,425 and I'm staying here for good. 952 00:59:53,526 --> 00:59:55,61 Preacher and the boys will join me. 953 00:59:58,798 --> 00:59:59,966 I can't look, Mamie. 954 01:00:08,475 --> 01:00:09,476 We have to. 955 01:00:13,646 --> 01:00:15,482 [crying] 956 01:00:20,253 --> 01:00:21,354 [exhales sharply] 957 01:00:22,322 --> 01:00:24,324 [stifling sob] 958 01:00:31,965 --> 01:00:34,367 [bawling] 959 01:00:47,147 --> 01:00:49,716 [somber organ music playing] 960 01:00:54,254 --> 01:00:58,491 [man singing] ♪ When peace like a river 961 01:00:58,525 --> 01:00:59,993 [whispers] I'm sorry, Ms. Mamie. 962 01:01:02,128 --> 01:01:06,499 ♪ Attendeth my way 963 01:01:06,533 --> 01:01:09,135 Bo... Bo. 964 01:01:09,169 --> 01:01:15,942 ♪ When sorrows like sea 965 01:01:15,975 --> 01:01:21,381 ♪ Billows roll 966 01:01:21,414 --> 01:01:27,987 ♪ Whatever my lot 967 01:01:29,22 --> 01:01:35,328 ♪ Thou hast taught me to say 968 01:01:36,396 --> 01:01:40,166 ♪ It is well 969 01:01:40,200 --> 01:01:44,571 ♪ It is well 970 01:01:44,604 --> 01:01:49,976 ♪ With my soul 971 01:01:52,212 --> 01:01:56,16 ♪ It is well 972 01:01:56,49 --> 01:02:00,787 [choir] ♪ It is well 973 01:02:00,854 --> 01:02:04,791 [man] ♪ With my soul 974 01:02:04,858 --> 01:02:09,162 [choir] ♪ With my soul 975 01:02:09,195 --> 01:02:13,666 [man and choir] ♪ It is well 976 01:02:13,733 --> 01:02:18,338 ♪ It is well 977 01:02:18,371 --> 01:02:25,211 ♪ With my soul 978 01:02:26,46 --> 01:02:29,916 [man] It is well 979 01:02:29,949 --> 01:02:34,354 [choir] It is well 980 01:02:34,387 --> 01:02:38,258 [man] With my soul 981 01:02:38,324 --> 01:02:42,929 [choir] With my soul 982 01:02:42,962 --> 01:02:47,600 [man and choir] It is well 983 01:02:47,634 --> 01:02:52,339 It is well 984 01:02:52,372 --> 01:02:59,279 With my soul 985 01:03:08,121 --> 01:03:10,123 [Mamie] My child is dead, 986 01:03:11,424 --> 01:03:13,360 and she is going to be fine. 987 01:03:16,129 --> 01:03:20,100 Carolyn Bryant is going to be fine. 988 01:03:27,741 --> 01:03:29,275 You know, to get a murder indictment 989 01:03:29,309 --> 01:03:32,12 on two White men in Mississippi is not easy. 990 01:03:36,516 --> 01:03:39,819 You did that, Mamie. [chuckles softly] 991 01:03:44,691 --> 01:03:45,692 Now... 992 01:03:49,562 --> 01:03:51,31 Their defense... 993 01:03:53,466 --> 01:03:55,101 is going to try to create doubt 994 01:03:55,135 --> 01:03:57,270 about the body being Emmett's. 995 01:03:57,303 --> 01:03:59,572 There's no body, there's no murder conviction, 996 01:03:59,606 --> 01:04:03,43 and Bryant and Milam will only face kidnapping charges. 997 01:04:08,748 --> 01:04:10,850 You know your child better than anyone. 998 01:04:14,154 --> 01:04:15,922 You saw the body soon after. 999 01:04:18,992 --> 01:04:23,196 There is no testimony like a mother's. 1000 01:04:23,229 --> 01:04:25,498 [pensive music playing] 1001 01:05:01,401 --> 01:05:02,769 Aren't we going to your mama's tonight? 1002 01:05:06,473 --> 01:05:08,475 I need to go to Mississippi for the trial. 1003 01:05:10,343 --> 01:05:13,380 I can testify that it was Bo's body found in the river. 1004 01:05:27,60 --> 01:05:27,994 When do you want us to go? 1005 01:05:31,498 --> 01:05:33,666 Gene, I have to go without you. 1006 01:05:33,700 --> 01:05:36,302 -What? -Mr. Mooty has arranged for me to meet some people 1007 01:05:36,369 --> 01:05:37,637 -down there. -If you're going to Mississippi, 1008 01:05:37,671 --> 01:05:39,5 -I'm going with you. -Mr. Huff and Mr. Mooty 1009 01:05:39,72 --> 01:05:40,540 don't think that's a good idea, 1010 01:05:40,573 --> 01:05:42,75 -and I agree with them. -I don't care what they think! 1011 01:05:44,411 --> 01:05:45,445 They keep telling us 1012 01:05:45,512 --> 01:05:46,846 what to do and who you can talk to. 1013 01:05:46,880 --> 01:05:49,282 And I go along with it because I lost Bo too. 1014 01:05:51,651 --> 01:05:52,886 I would do anything for him. 1015 01:05:58,558 --> 01:05:59,459 You tell me, Mamie. 1016 01:06:00,660 --> 01:06:03,29 How is risking your life gonna help Bo? 1017 01:06:13,273 --> 01:06:15,842 This is what they're writing about me down there. 1018 01:06:15,875 --> 01:06:18,44 They're making me out to be some kind of jezebel. 1019 01:06:18,111 --> 01:06:19,579 Two reporters called to ask 1020 01:06:19,612 --> 01:06:21,848 about my ex-husbands and about you. 1021 01:06:23,16 --> 01:06:24,751 Mr. Huff was right. 1022 01:06:24,818 --> 01:06:26,886 I'm on trial like the people who killed Bo. 1023 01:06:26,920 --> 01:06:29,823 Jurors will be watching me, and reading these stories 1024 01:06:29,856 --> 01:06:32,559 when they decide if the men who murdered my son go free. 1025 01:06:32,592 --> 01:06:34,828 I have to protect my image 1026 01:06:36,196 --> 01:06:38,198 if it can help get justice for Bo. 1027 01:06:42,1 --> 01:06:44,137 I should be going with you, Mamie. 1028 01:06:44,170 --> 01:06:47,340 I need you to be there for me in a different way right now. 1029 01:06:52,479 --> 01:06:53,513 You're not gonna change your mind? 1030 01:06:56,182 --> 01:06:57,317 You know me well enough 1031 01:06:57,350 --> 01:06:59,152 to answer that question for yourself. 1032 01:07:19,305 --> 01:07:21,374 [reporter on TV] Not since the Tallahatchie River flooded 1033 01:07:21,408 --> 01:07:23,109 some 20 or 30 years ago 1034 01:07:23,176 --> 01:07:27,80 that the townspeople had more to talk about than this trial. 1035 01:07:27,113 --> 01:07:31,117 [man 1] I can't understand how a civilized mother 1036 01:07:31,184 --> 01:07:36,89 could put a dead body of her child on public display! 1037 01:07:36,122 --> 01:07:40,326 [man 2] I think that this is a result of the NAACP 1038 01:07:40,360 --> 01:07:42,95 trying to make something big... 1039 01:07:42,128 --> 01:07:43,997 -[knock on door] -...out of just an ordinary 1040 01:07:44,64 --> 01:07:46,232 criminal affair in Mississippi. 1041 01:07:56,242 --> 01:07:57,277 [Alma] You're not going. 1042 01:07:58,244 --> 01:08:00,146 Mamie, it's too dangerous 1043 01:08:00,213 --> 01:08:01,915 for you to go down to Mississippi right now. 1044 01:08:03,16 --> 01:08:05,85 I heard the sheriffs are passing along 1045 01:08:05,118 --> 01:08:07,120 Negro license plate numbers to the Klan members. 1046 01:08:07,153 --> 01:08:09,789 Mr. Huff and Mr. Mooty already have plans 1047 01:08:09,823 --> 01:08:11,424 for me to safely travel. 1048 01:08:11,458 --> 01:08:13,360 I'll fly to Memphis first. 1049 01:08:13,393 --> 01:08:15,595 And then, some people from the NAACP 1050 01:08:15,662 --> 01:08:17,430 are going to drive me to Clarksdale. 1051 01:08:17,464 --> 01:08:20,100 And then, their field secretary will pick me up 1052 01:08:20,133 --> 01:08:22,135 and drive me to someone's house 1053 01:08:22,168 --> 01:08:23,703 in a place called Mound Bayou. 1054 01:08:23,737 --> 01:08:25,672 [John] You want to go alone? 1055 01:08:25,705 --> 01:08:28,541 I'm trying to be strong for Bo. 1056 01:08:28,575 --> 01:08:30,410 [Alma] What are you gonna do down there? 1057 01:08:31,444 --> 01:08:32,979 Something you can't. 1058 01:08:35,749 --> 01:08:36,850 [smacks lips] 1059 01:08:39,319 --> 01:08:42,622 If my testimony can help in any way, 1060 01:08:43,456 --> 01:08:44,457 I have to go. 1061 01:08:45,759 --> 01:08:48,261 I have to be there for my child. 1062 01:08:50,497 --> 01:08:52,165 And what about my child? 1063 01:09:00,407 --> 01:09:01,441 I'm goin' with ya. 1064 01:09:04,77 --> 01:09:06,413 I know this is not what we agreed on, 1065 01:09:06,446 --> 01:09:08,748 but it's better for me to go down there with her 1066 01:09:08,782 --> 01:09:10,316 than for her to be there alone. 1067 01:09:15,989 --> 01:09:18,658 You don't have to worry. I'mma be there with you. 1068 01:09:19,926 --> 01:09:20,927 I promise. 1069 01:09:22,796 --> 01:09:25,465 I don't only need you when I'm broken, Daddy. 1070 01:09:33,340 --> 01:09:35,909 I am goin' with you. 1071 01:09:38,345 --> 01:09:39,346 Thank you. 1072 01:09:41,881 --> 01:09:43,950 Mama, I know you don't agree... 1073 01:09:44,17 --> 01:09:45,18 [Alma] No. 1074 01:09:48,388 --> 01:09:49,823 But I know you have to do it. 1075 01:09:56,196 --> 01:09:58,565 ["I Will Move On Up a Little Higher" playing] 1076 01:10:12,912 --> 01:10:16,116 ♪ One a-these mornings 1077 01:10:17,717 --> 01:10:20,687 ♪ Soon one morning 1078 01:10:23,356 --> 01:10:27,861 ♪ I'm gonna lay down my cross 1079 01:10:27,927 --> 01:10:30,63 ♪ Get me a crown 1080 01:10:30,96 --> 01:10:32,599 [man] Mound Bayou has been here for over 70 years. 1081 01:10:34,134 --> 01:10:35,602 It's a all-Negro town. 1082 01:10:37,504 --> 01:10:40,607 We run all our own businesses and all our own schools. 1083 01:10:42,75 --> 01:10:43,510 All the Negroes attending the trial 1084 01:10:43,543 --> 01:10:45,512 will be staying here. 1085 01:10:45,545 --> 01:10:46,946 This is the safest place for 'em. 1086 01:10:49,616 --> 01:10:51,284 Dr. Howard created the Regional Council 1087 01:10:51,317 --> 01:10:53,687 for Negro Leadership here in Mound Bayou. 1088 01:10:53,720 --> 01:10:56,990 He's also the chief surgeon at the Taborian Hospital. 1089 01:10:57,23 --> 01:10:58,525 He built a lot of businesses here, 1090 01:10:58,558 --> 01:11:00,760 including a really successful life insurance company. 1091 01:11:01,628 --> 01:11:03,563 That's how I met him. 1092 01:11:03,596 --> 01:11:05,165 He gave me my first job. 1093 01:11:06,633 --> 01:11:11,404 ♪ Going home one day and tell my story ♪ 1094 01:11:11,438 --> 01:11:16,343 ♪ I've been coming over hills and mountain ♪ 1095 01:11:16,409 --> 01:11:20,980 ♪ Gonna drink from the Christian fountain ♪ 1096 01:11:21,14 --> 01:11:26,419 ♪ Your know all of God's sons and daughters that morning ♪ 1097 01:11:26,453 --> 01:11:30,190 ♪ Will drink that ole healing water ♪ 1098 01:11:30,223 --> 01:11:32,292 ♪ And we gonna live... 1099 01:11:32,325 --> 01:11:33,326 [song stops] 1100 01:11:37,30 --> 01:11:39,733 Thank you for driving us, Mr. Evers. 1101 01:11:39,766 --> 01:11:42,1 Please, ma'am, call me Medgar. 1102 01:11:44,304 --> 01:11:45,438 Mrs. Bradley? 1103 01:11:47,240 --> 01:11:49,943 Those pictures of your son in the magazine... 1104 01:11:52,579 --> 01:11:53,747 changed people's lives. 1105 01:11:55,682 --> 01:11:58,885 My wife, she's here with our son. 1106 01:12:00,887 --> 01:12:02,155 And we're both helping with some of 1107 01:12:02,188 --> 01:12:03,890 the investigation work for the trial. 1108 01:12:05,892 --> 01:12:07,27 Now, I promise you... 1109 01:12:09,362 --> 01:12:10,663 we are doing everything we can 1110 01:12:10,697 --> 01:12:12,632 to get some sort of justice for Emmett Till. 1111 01:12:27,47 --> 01:12:30,50 We call Dr. Howard's house "The Black Command Center." 1112 01:12:30,83 --> 01:12:31,685 Reporters from all the colored press 1113 01:12:31,718 --> 01:12:33,386 work out of here during the trial. 1114 01:12:33,420 --> 01:12:34,621 They also help with some of 1115 01:12:34,654 --> 01:12:36,122 the investigation work for the trial. 1116 01:12:36,189 --> 01:12:38,792 And what kind of investigation y'all are gonna be doing? 1117 01:12:38,825 --> 01:12:39,959 [Medgar] We're looking for witnesses 1118 01:12:39,993 --> 01:12:41,728 who'll be brave enough to come to trial. 1119 01:12:41,795 --> 01:12:43,563 [indistinct chatter] 1120 01:12:44,998 --> 01:12:47,734 [Medgar] Right here. [James] Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 1121 01:12:47,801 --> 01:12:49,269 [Medgar] This here is, uh, Ms. Murdock. 1122 01:12:49,302 --> 01:12:51,237 [Ms. Murdock] Ms. Bradley. 1123 01:12:51,271 --> 01:12:53,6 -Ms. Turner. Mr. Booker. -[boy shouts] 1124 01:12:53,73 --> 01:12:55,108 -Pleased to meet you, ma'am. -[boy laughs] 1125 01:12:55,141 --> 01:12:56,810 [Medgar] This here is my son, Darrell. 1126 01:12:56,843 --> 01:12:58,511 And my wife, Myrlie. 1127 01:12:58,545 --> 01:13:00,980 It's an honor to meet you, Mrs. Bradley. 1128 01:13:01,648 --> 01:13:02,549 Mr. Carthan. 1129 01:13:04,551 --> 01:13:05,518 [Medgar] Hey, you don't mind? 1130 01:13:06,319 --> 01:13:08,288 Over here is Amzie Moore. 1131 01:13:08,321 --> 01:13:09,656 He's the president 1132 01:13:09,689 --> 01:13:11,891 of the Regional Council for Negro Leadership. 1133 01:13:11,958 --> 01:13:14,861 And I am Dr. Theodore Howard. 1134 01:13:14,894 --> 01:13:18,331 Welcome to Mound Bayou, Mrs. Bradley. 1135 01:13:19,899 --> 01:13:22,235 -[Dr. Howard] Mr. Carthan. -Sir. 1136 01:13:22,268 --> 01:13:26,39 Let me just say that we are so... 1137 01:13:27,540 --> 01:13:29,743 honored to have you here with us. 1138 01:13:30,877 --> 01:13:31,911 Thank you. 1139 01:13:31,978 --> 01:13:32,979 Thank you. 1140 01:13:34,714 --> 01:13:36,716 Now, what are you drinking? 1141 01:13:38,284 --> 01:13:40,320 [girl screams] 1142 01:13:40,353 --> 01:13:41,621 [Mamie] Not a lot of people would use 1143 01:13:41,688 --> 01:13:43,456 their money the way you do. 1144 01:13:43,490 --> 01:13:45,592 Well, we need money 1145 01:13:45,625 --> 01:13:48,28 for the freedom fight that we're in now. 1146 01:13:49,496 --> 01:13:50,630 We need money... 1147 01:13:51,998 --> 01:13:54,768 to protect Negroes who are... 1148 01:13:55,735 --> 01:13:57,270 simply trying to exercise 1149 01:13:57,303 --> 01:13:59,172 their constitutional right to vote, 1150 01:13:59,205 --> 01:14:01,941 to speak at trial. 1151 01:14:02,8 --> 01:14:03,777 [kids chattering] 1152 01:14:05,378 --> 01:14:08,81 I had a really good life in Chicago 1153 01:14:08,148 --> 01:14:09,649 before they took Bo from me. 1154 01:14:12,318 --> 01:14:13,753 I never thought much about the world 1155 01:14:13,787 --> 01:14:15,622 outside of just me and Bo, 1156 01:14:16,890 --> 01:14:18,892 my job, my family, my friends. 1157 01:14:23,463 --> 01:14:25,298 Mrs. Bradley, have you thought about, um, 1158 01:14:25,331 --> 01:14:26,766 what you're going to do after the trial? 1159 01:14:28,601 --> 01:14:30,236 After the trial? 1160 01:14:30,303 --> 01:14:31,938 I'm sure you've considered 1161 01:14:31,971 --> 01:14:34,307 continuing your work with the NAACP. 1162 01:14:34,341 --> 01:14:37,243 Or with our Regional Council, right here. 1163 01:14:37,310 --> 01:14:41,848 Your story... speaks to the urgency of Negro rights 1164 01:14:41,915 --> 01:14:45,618 more than anything this country has ever heard. 1165 01:14:45,652 --> 01:14:47,120 I've been sharing my story 1166 01:14:47,187 --> 01:14:51,491 because I want those two men to pay for what they did. 1167 01:14:51,524 --> 01:14:53,393 And I do too. 1168 01:14:53,426 --> 01:14:56,930 But I do not believe that justice will be rendered 1169 01:14:56,963 --> 01:15:00,800 by 12 jurors who look exactly like 1170 01:15:00,834 --> 01:15:04,237 the two so-called men who are on trial. 1171 01:15:07,841 --> 01:15:10,977 And our fight, and your story, 1172 01:15:12,812 --> 01:15:18,418 must continue and will not end with one single verdict. 1173 01:15:23,690 --> 01:15:25,725 Mrs. Bradley. 1174 01:15:35,802 --> 01:15:37,370 [sighs softly] 1175 01:15:38,405 --> 01:15:40,440 [pensive music playing] 1176 01:16:01,594 --> 01:16:03,463 [indistinct chatter] 1177 01:16:30,890 --> 01:16:32,892 [people murmuring] 1178 01:16:40,66 --> 01:16:41,301 [reporter 1] That's the mother! 1179 01:16:42,168 --> 01:16:43,670 Come on, get out the way. 1180 01:16:43,737 --> 01:16:45,872 Mrs. Bradley, why are you here? 1181 01:16:45,905 --> 01:16:47,374 [reporter 2] Ms. Bradley. [reporter 3] Ms. Bradley! 1182 01:16:47,440 --> 01:16:48,875 [reporter 2] Come on, say something! 1183 01:16:48,908 --> 01:16:50,477 [reporter 3] Will you testify? [reporter 2] Come on! 1184 01:16:50,510 --> 01:16:51,378 -You gotta give us something. -[reporter 3] Mrs. Bradley. 1185 01:16:51,444 --> 01:16:52,746 Mamie? 1186 01:16:52,779 --> 01:16:53,680 It's all right, Daddy. 1187 01:16:56,750 --> 01:16:58,518 -I am here to confirm... -[gun fires] 1188 01:16:58,551 --> 01:17:02,88 -[all exclaim] -[boy laughing] 1189 01:17:02,122 --> 01:17:04,357 -[man] What's wrong with you? -[cap gun continues firing] 1190 01:17:05,258 --> 01:17:06,626 [John] Let's get inside. Come on. 1191 01:17:08,228 --> 01:17:09,963 [laughter] 1192 01:17:11,664 --> 01:17:13,266 [indistinct chatter] 1193 01:17:19,406 --> 01:17:20,407 No. 1194 01:17:34,688 --> 01:17:35,955 How dare you? 1195 01:17:41,261 --> 01:17:42,362 [John] It's all right, Mamie. 1196 01:17:53,273 --> 01:17:54,274 Go on! 1197 01:18:04,250 --> 01:18:06,186 [indistinct chatter] 1198 01:18:14,160 --> 01:18:15,161 Amzie. 1199 01:18:19,332 --> 01:18:22,35 Mrs. Bradley, I'd like you to meet Ruby Hurley. 1200 01:18:22,68 --> 01:18:23,636 She's also a part of our team. 1201 01:18:23,703 --> 01:18:26,72 It's truly an honor to meet you, Mrs. Bradley. 1202 01:18:26,139 --> 01:18:28,408 Thank you. 1203 01:18:28,441 --> 01:18:29,709 [John] Thank you, it's a pleasure to meet you. 1204 01:18:29,743 --> 01:18:31,44 My pleasure. 1205 01:18:31,77 --> 01:18:32,212 -We'll be with you, ma'am. -[Mamie] Thank you. 1206 01:18:32,278 --> 01:18:33,546 -Right this way. -[John] Thank you. 1207 01:18:33,580 --> 01:18:35,148 -[man] Thank you. -You're welcome, of course. 1208 01:18:38,785 --> 01:18:39,719 [man 2] Hello, niggers! 1209 01:18:41,87 --> 01:18:43,89 I got about eight seats down there 1210 01:18:43,156 --> 01:18:44,991 for you and your nigger reporters. 1211 01:18:45,725 --> 01:18:46,893 Rest of you can stand. 1212 01:18:47,894 --> 01:18:48,795 You Mamie? 1213 01:18:51,765 --> 01:18:53,33 What's this? 1214 01:18:53,66 --> 01:18:55,468 That's a damn summons. 1215 01:18:55,502 --> 01:18:58,38 I thought you uppity niggers could read. 1216 01:18:58,71 --> 01:19:00,774 Mamie? Don't let him get to you. 1217 01:19:00,807 --> 01:19:01,775 Come on, now. 1218 01:19:02,809 --> 01:19:04,678 Ah, there's James Hicks. 1219 01:19:04,744 --> 01:19:06,680 We can go and sit with him and the other reporters. 1220 01:19:08,81 --> 01:19:09,916 Have you spoke with the prosecution team? 1221 01:19:09,949 --> 01:19:12,185 Only once before, on the phone. 1222 01:19:12,218 --> 01:19:13,753 It was brief. 1223 01:19:13,787 --> 01:19:16,222 Hopefully, this won't take too long. Get together later. 1224 01:19:16,256 --> 01:19:18,91 -[Medgar] Mr. Smith. -Yes. 1225 01:19:18,124 --> 01:19:19,693 Mrs. Bradley. 1226 01:19:19,759 --> 01:19:20,660 Mamie. 1227 01:19:23,897 --> 01:19:24,964 [John scoffs] 1228 01:19:26,132 --> 01:19:27,233 -[John] Hmm. -Come on. 1229 01:19:29,936 --> 01:19:31,805 [Bailiff] All rise! 1230 01:19:31,838 --> 01:19:35,375 The Honorable Judge Curtis Swango presiding. 1231 01:19:38,44 --> 01:19:39,79 [Judge] Please be seated. 1232 01:19:43,49 --> 01:19:44,417 There will be no pictures taken 1233 01:19:44,484 --> 01:19:46,553 during court proceedings. 1234 01:19:46,619 --> 01:19:51,725 Bailiff, have the jurors come in and take a seat. 1235 01:19:51,791 --> 01:19:56,129 Also, get me a Coke sometime. All right? 1236 01:20:14,247 --> 01:20:16,182 Your Honor, the State has just learned 1237 01:20:16,249 --> 01:20:18,418 of the existence of another witness 1238 01:20:18,451 --> 01:20:20,420 to the murder of Emmett Till. 1239 01:20:20,453 --> 01:20:22,288 The State requests a recess 1240 01:20:22,322 --> 01:20:24,90 in order to gather the witness. 1241 01:20:25,558 --> 01:20:27,27 [defendant clears throat] Objection, Your Honor! 1242 01:20:27,93 --> 01:20:30,30 Your Honor, this will only delay proceedings. Come on. 1243 01:20:30,96 --> 01:20:31,731 [Judge] Hmm. 1244 01:20:31,765 --> 01:20:33,133 Objection overruled. 1245 01:20:33,166 --> 01:20:35,702 It seems like a reasonable request. 1246 01:20:36,703 --> 01:20:38,438 [prosecutor] Thank you, Your Honor. 1247 01:20:38,471 --> 01:20:39,906 [Judge] I'll give you till tomorrow morning 1248 01:20:39,973 --> 01:20:42,142 to find your witness. 1249 01:20:46,746 --> 01:20:48,882 The court will have a recess. 1250 01:20:48,915 --> 01:20:52,318 We will resume at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. 1251 01:20:52,352 --> 01:20:53,987 [gavel bangs] 1252 01:20:54,20 --> 01:20:55,221 [Bailiff] Court dismissed! 1253 01:21:03,63 --> 01:21:05,799 [Mamie] Medgar, take me to Money. 1254 01:21:08,334 --> 01:21:10,637 All right. Okay. 1255 01:21:15,175 --> 01:21:17,344 [melancholy music playing] 1256 01:21:59,419 --> 01:22:00,653 [Medgar sighs] 1257 01:22:03,923 --> 01:22:05,492 [Mamie] That's where it happened? 1258 01:22:07,927 --> 01:22:08,962 [Medgar] Yes, ma'am. 1259 01:22:10,730 --> 01:22:13,967 [sighs] The shop's been closed since the day of the arrest. 1260 01:22:18,304 --> 01:22:19,873 Most of the patrons were Negroes. 1261 01:22:33,319 --> 01:22:34,387 [Medgar sighs] 1262 01:22:44,898 --> 01:22:47,300 [emotional music playing] 1263 01:23:45,158 --> 01:23:47,527 [emotional music continues] 1264 01:24:24,264 --> 01:24:26,199 [hens clucking] 1265 01:25:00,233 --> 01:25:02,35 [chuckles softly] 1266 01:25:12,712 --> 01:25:15,382 Your mama tells me you're all moving up north 1267 01:25:15,415 --> 01:25:16,282 after the trial. 1268 01:25:18,118 --> 01:25:20,253 Daddy says it's not gonna be safe. 1269 01:25:20,286 --> 01:25:21,454 [Simmy sighs] 1270 01:25:28,762 --> 01:25:30,196 Thank you. 1271 01:25:30,263 --> 01:25:31,431 [Mamie sniffles] 1272 01:25:38,405 --> 01:25:39,506 We're sorry, ma'am. 1273 01:25:45,78 --> 01:25:46,12 We're so sorry. 1274 01:25:51,217 --> 01:25:53,787 You all didn't know this was going to happen. 1275 01:25:56,756 --> 01:25:57,857 [whispers] Come here. 1276 01:26:00,527 --> 01:26:02,95 [Maurice sobbing quietly] 1277 01:26:04,964 --> 01:26:06,199 It's okay. 1278 01:26:07,667 --> 01:26:08,768 Hmm. 1279 01:26:18,345 --> 01:26:19,813 Where's your daddy? 1280 01:26:34,527 --> 01:26:36,496 [insects chirping] 1281 01:26:47,207 --> 01:26:48,208 You gonna sit? 1282 01:26:52,679 --> 01:26:53,947 I saw your boys. 1283 01:26:57,250 --> 01:26:59,119 Was probably hard for them to see you. 1284 01:27:05,225 --> 01:27:06,226 You gonna sit? 1285 01:27:18,838 --> 01:27:20,974 Did you have a shotgun in your house 1286 01:27:21,7 --> 01:27:22,42 the night they took Bo? 1287 01:27:25,612 --> 01:27:29,749 I've been wanting to explain to you what happened. 1288 01:27:29,816 --> 01:27:31,284 You told me that part. 1289 01:27:31,317 --> 01:27:33,19 White men came knocking 1290 01:27:33,53 --> 01:27:34,454 -on my door, Mamie. -I know that part. 1291 01:27:34,521 --> 01:27:35,422 They had a gun. 1292 01:27:35,455 --> 01:27:36,990 You have a gun! 1293 01:27:38,992 --> 01:27:40,427 [sighs] 1294 01:27:40,460 --> 01:27:43,697 [tearfully] How long did you stand there doing nothing 1295 01:27:43,730 --> 01:27:45,398 while they took my child? 1296 01:27:45,432 --> 01:27:46,433 If I'd have shot them, 1297 01:27:46,466 --> 01:27:49,135 they would've killed all of mine! 1298 01:27:49,169 --> 01:27:51,905 It'd be hunting season for every Negro in Money! 1299 01:27:55,542 --> 01:27:56,843 We have to live here, Mamie. 1300 01:27:58,745 --> 01:28:00,280 Bobo was with my boys 1301 01:28:00,313 --> 01:28:02,215 when he went to talk to some White woman. 1302 01:28:02,282 --> 01:28:03,750 You understand what that mean down here? 1303 01:28:03,783 --> 01:28:06,319 Don't you dare blame Bo for what happened to him! 1304 01:28:06,353 --> 01:28:08,755 I don't blame him! 1305 01:28:09,622 --> 01:28:11,24 [breathing heavily] 1306 01:28:20,66 --> 01:28:21,801 I had to make a choice that night. 1307 01:28:22,802 --> 01:28:24,938 In a moment, I had to choose. 1308 01:28:27,741 --> 01:28:30,10 [voice breaking] And you chose yours over mine. 1309 01:28:30,43 --> 01:28:34,14 It wasn't just two White men with a gun that night. 1310 01:28:35,648 --> 01:28:39,352 It was every White man who'd rather see a Negro dead 1311 01:28:39,386 --> 01:28:42,22 than breathin' the same air as him. 1312 01:28:42,55 --> 01:28:44,924 Every sheriff, every judge in this town 1313 01:28:44,958 --> 01:28:47,227 was at my door that night. 1314 01:28:47,260 --> 01:28:51,398 I was facin' a lot more than two men with a gun. 1315 01:28:51,464 --> 01:28:52,632 [Mamie whimpers] 1316 01:28:57,37 --> 01:28:58,104 [sniffles] 1317 01:29:02,375 --> 01:29:04,377 [tearfully] He was my only child. 1318 01:29:05,345 --> 01:29:06,646 [crying] 1319 01:29:15,822 --> 01:29:16,823 I know. 1320 01:29:27,167 --> 01:29:28,234 [sniffles] 1321 01:29:34,541 --> 01:29:36,509 That's why you're moving after the trial... 1322 01:29:38,745 --> 01:29:40,313 because you're going to testify? 1323 01:29:40,380 --> 01:29:41,448 [Moses sniffles] 1324 01:29:44,451 --> 01:29:48,254 No Negro in Money has ever spoken against a White man... 1325 01:29:50,290 --> 01:29:51,558 and lived. 1326 01:30:02,836 --> 01:30:03,837 [clicks] 1327 01:30:10,10 --> 01:30:12,12 [crickets chirring] 1328 01:30:19,486 --> 01:30:21,488 [suspenseful music playing] 1329 01:30:33,767 --> 01:30:35,1 [Ruby] That's the house. 1330 01:30:35,35 --> 01:30:37,203 If he runs, make sure he doesn't get away. 1331 01:30:37,237 --> 01:30:38,505 [Medgar whispers] Amzie, right here. 1332 01:30:46,12 --> 01:30:47,480 [knocks on door] 1333 01:30:47,514 --> 01:30:48,615 [Amzie whispers] Hey! Not so loud. 1334 01:30:48,648 --> 01:30:49,749 You'll scare him off. 1335 01:30:50,650 --> 01:30:51,785 [knocks softly] 1336 01:30:52,752 --> 01:30:53,820 [door opens] 1337 01:30:53,887 --> 01:30:55,388 [man] We told you to leave Willie alone. 1338 01:30:55,455 --> 01:30:57,223 Let's have a conversation inside. 1339 01:30:57,257 --> 01:30:58,958 [man] He didn't see nothin'! 1340 01:30:59,25 --> 01:31:01,327 Come out or we're comin' in. 1341 01:31:01,361 --> 01:31:03,329 -You gonna get the boy killed. -[dog barks in distance] 1342 01:31:03,363 --> 01:31:05,498 -[gasps] -[barking continues] 1343 01:31:06,833 --> 01:31:08,835 Hey! Hey! 1344 01:31:13,973 --> 01:31:15,75 [Amzie] Come on, come on! 1345 01:31:16,42 --> 01:31:18,78 [footsteps rustling] 1346 01:31:18,111 --> 01:31:20,213 [tense music playing] 1347 01:31:21,481 --> 01:31:23,483 [both panting] 1348 01:31:28,988 --> 01:31:30,957 [both continue panting] 1349 01:31:40,300 --> 01:31:41,668 [car halts] 1350 01:31:45,305 --> 01:31:46,439 [Medgar] We need to keep him here 1351 01:31:46,506 --> 01:31:47,874 just in case he runs off again. 1352 01:31:47,941 --> 01:31:50,310 [Willie Mae] I ain't gonna run. 1353 01:31:50,377 --> 01:31:52,645 I'll tell 'em what I saw that night. 1354 01:31:52,679 --> 01:31:54,314 [Medgar] And what about your grandparents? 1355 01:31:55,315 --> 01:31:56,383 Would you say that they heard 1356 01:31:56,416 --> 01:31:57,951 some sounds comin' out the barn too? 1357 01:31:57,984 --> 01:32:00,887 No, no, I promised them I was gonna keep them out of it. 1358 01:32:00,954 --> 01:32:02,555 [Dr. Howard] We're gonna finance security 1359 01:32:02,589 --> 01:32:04,824 for your entire family after they testify, 1360 01:32:04,858 --> 01:32:06,159 so don't you worry none, son. 1361 01:32:07,460 --> 01:32:08,461 All right? 1362 01:32:09,662 --> 01:32:11,531 [James] His name is Willie Reed, 1363 01:32:11,564 --> 01:32:13,600 a field hand for J.W.'s brother. 1364 01:32:14,868 --> 01:32:16,736 He's a witness who lives on the farm 1365 01:32:16,803 --> 01:32:18,538 not too far from where he saw 1366 01:32:18,571 --> 01:32:20,607 J.W. and Roy Bryant 1367 01:32:20,674 --> 01:32:22,876 and several other men take Emmett. 1368 01:32:22,909 --> 01:32:25,745 Now, Willie's family also works for the Milams, 1369 01:32:25,812 --> 01:32:28,181 so they also heard a lot of noise that night. 1370 01:32:28,248 --> 01:32:29,916 [Mamie] There were other men? 1371 01:32:30,717 --> 01:32:31,985 [James sighs] 1372 01:32:32,18 --> 01:32:34,487 It pains me to have to tell you this, 1373 01:32:34,554 --> 01:32:37,590 but there were some colored men that were involved. 1374 01:32:41,61 --> 01:32:43,563 Colored men did this to my boy? 1375 01:32:43,596 --> 01:32:45,365 Well, they work for Milam and Bryant, 1376 01:32:45,432 --> 01:32:47,734 and found out Bryant had 'em paid to skip town. 1377 01:32:48,635 --> 01:32:49,636 What... 1378 01:32:53,907 --> 01:32:56,276 I can fix that for you. 1379 01:33:04,584 --> 01:33:07,587 It means a lot, 1380 01:33:09,155 --> 01:33:10,290 what you're doing. 1381 01:33:12,759 --> 01:33:13,893 [Mamie sniffles] 1382 01:33:15,295 --> 01:33:16,529 [voice breaking] Thank you. 1383 01:33:19,499 --> 01:33:20,667 Thank you. 1384 01:33:21,801 --> 01:33:22,936 It's the right thing to do. 1385 01:33:29,376 --> 01:33:30,610 [Mamie whimpers] 1386 01:33:33,246 --> 01:33:34,748 [Medgar] Go ahead and put these on. 1387 01:34:05,945 --> 01:34:08,148 It's difficult for me to fall asleep 1388 01:34:08,214 --> 01:34:09,649 before Medgar gets home. 1389 01:34:13,586 --> 01:34:14,854 I've wanted to meet you. 1390 01:34:16,289 --> 01:34:18,458 What you did with those photographs... 1391 01:34:18,525 --> 01:34:21,695 What you're doin' now, it's, um... 1392 01:34:21,728 --> 01:34:24,97 It's nothing a mother wouldn't do for her child. 1393 01:34:26,800 --> 01:34:27,801 [Myrlie] Hmm. 1394 01:34:29,169 --> 01:34:30,704 [Mamie] How old's your son? 1395 01:34:30,737 --> 01:34:33,239 [chuckles softly] Two. 1396 01:34:35,742 --> 01:34:37,277 We almost didn't take him and his sister 1397 01:34:37,310 --> 01:34:39,12 with us from Jackson, but I... 1398 01:34:40,814 --> 01:34:42,182 I'm trying to keep the family together 1399 01:34:42,248 --> 01:34:43,883 as much as possible these days. 1400 01:34:47,687 --> 01:34:49,189 I'm sure you heard about what happened 1401 01:34:49,255 --> 01:34:51,324 to our friends Lamar Smith and Reverend Lee. 1402 01:34:51,391 --> 01:34:53,393 Yes, I have. 1403 01:34:54,761 --> 01:34:56,329 Medgar and I worked closely with 'em. 1404 01:34:57,964 --> 01:35:00,166 We did good work. 1405 01:35:00,200 --> 01:35:01,735 We got a lot of Negroes registered to vote 1406 01:35:01,768 --> 01:35:03,603 for the first time in Mississippi, 1407 01:35:05,205 --> 01:35:07,974 and that created the biggest targets on our backs. 1408 01:35:17,517 --> 01:35:19,986 [breathing shakily] I, um... 1409 01:35:23,156 --> 01:35:26,92 I believe in the work we're doin' for our people. 1410 01:35:27,227 --> 01:35:28,294 I do. 1411 01:35:31,498 --> 01:35:33,733 But I don't want my children to have to live in fear. 1412 01:35:36,36 --> 01:35:37,203 I have enough fear for all of us 1413 01:35:37,237 --> 01:35:39,39 every time I wait for Medgar to get home. 1414 01:35:44,77 --> 01:35:45,779 Emmett just wanted to go on vacation 1415 01:35:45,812 --> 01:35:47,681 and have fun with his cousins. 1416 01:35:49,749 --> 01:35:52,118 He never thought anything would happen to him. 1417 01:35:53,520 --> 01:35:59,459 He knew how different things were down here, 1418 01:35:59,492 --> 01:36:03,930 but I never raised him to have any fear growing up. 1419 01:36:06,332 --> 01:36:09,102 -I wanted him to be a boy. -[chuckles slightly] 1420 01:36:09,135 --> 01:36:11,805 And to not have his childhood taken away from him. 1421 01:36:14,841 --> 01:36:16,543 But it happened anyway. 1422 01:36:18,244 --> 01:36:19,379 [sighs] 1423 01:36:37,130 --> 01:36:41,167 We do the best we can. 1424 01:36:54,180 --> 01:36:56,282 [downcast music playing] 1425 01:37:09,329 --> 01:37:10,864 [Moses clears throat] 1426 01:37:10,897 --> 01:37:11,998 Do you know Mr. Bryant? 1427 01:37:16,102 --> 01:37:17,604 [Moses] He owns the meat market. 1428 01:37:17,637 --> 01:37:18,838 [prosecutor] Hmm. 1429 01:37:18,872 --> 01:37:21,41 Then you know Mr. Milam, do ya? 1430 01:37:24,110 --> 01:37:25,211 Not by name. 1431 01:37:27,47 --> 01:37:28,715 But I know him. 1432 01:37:28,748 --> 01:37:29,983 How do you know him? 1433 01:37:32,752 --> 01:37:34,287 [Moses] He showed up at my door, 1434 01:37:36,56 --> 01:37:37,924 standing there with a flashlight in one hand 1435 01:37:37,991 --> 01:37:39,192 and a pistol in the other. 1436 01:37:39,793 --> 01:37:41,628 [audience murmurs] 1437 01:37:41,661 --> 01:37:43,163 [prosecutor] And what happened next? 1438 01:37:52,205 --> 01:37:53,606 [audience murmuring] 1439 01:38:02,48 --> 01:38:04,884 He held my family at gunpoint. 1440 01:38:04,918 --> 01:38:06,152 [audience exclaims] 1441 01:38:07,620 --> 01:38:10,523 Then he dragged my nephew from my home and drove off. 1442 01:38:10,590 --> 01:38:12,225 [man] Sambo! 1443 01:38:12,258 --> 01:38:15,61 [audience laughing] 1444 01:38:15,95 --> 01:38:18,231 [prosecutor] And would you 1445 01:38:18,264 --> 01:38:22,502 Would you recognize Mr. Milam were you to see him again? 1446 01:38:23,770 --> 01:38:25,905 [unnerving music playing] 1447 01:38:34,114 --> 01:38:35,115 Yes, sir. 1448 01:38:38,952 --> 01:38:40,487 I would. 1449 01:38:52,866 --> 01:38:54,401 There he is. 1450 01:38:54,434 --> 01:38:56,269 [audience exclaiming]. 1451 01:38:59,806 --> 01:39:01,441 [prosecutor] The State rests. 1452 01:39:01,508 --> 01:39:03,877 [audience murmuring] 1453 01:39:03,943 --> 01:39:05,378 [Judge] The witness can leave now. 1454 01:39:07,547 --> 01:39:09,249 The court will have a recess. 1455 01:39:09,282 --> 01:39:10,216 [gavel bangs] 1456 01:39:11,251 --> 01:39:13,219 [audience continues murmuring] 1457 01:39:13,253 --> 01:39:15,255 [somber music playing] 1458 01:39:36,142 --> 01:39:37,477 What did you think you heard? 1459 01:39:41,14 --> 01:39:43,783 I heard loud hollering and licks 1460 01:39:45,51 --> 01:39:46,186 comin' from that shed. 1461 01:39:47,554 --> 01:39:48,688 Sounded like a boy. 1462 01:39:50,623 --> 01:39:51,624 I saw, uh... 1463 01:39:54,361 --> 01:39:55,695 J.W. Milam. 1464 01:39:55,729 --> 01:39:57,30 [audience murmurs] 1465 01:39:57,63 --> 01:39:59,632 Saw a green truck with a white top. 1466 01:40:02,335 --> 01:40:03,570 As they drove off, 1467 01:40:03,603 --> 01:40:07,273 there was, uh. two White men in the cab 1468 01:40:07,307 --> 01:40:08,908 and three colored men in the back. 1469 01:40:08,942 --> 01:40:10,610 [audience murmurs] 1470 01:40:10,643 --> 01:40:12,512 They was all sitting next to a body. 1471 01:40:12,579 --> 01:40:14,214 Are you sure that's what you heard? 1472 01:40:14,280 --> 01:40:15,382 [Willie Mae] Yes, sir. 1473 01:40:15,448 --> 01:40:17,217 Huh. If that's what you heard, 1474 01:40:17,283 --> 01:40:20,587 why not yell out, or call "Help"? 1475 01:40:20,620 --> 01:40:21,654 [hesitates] 1476 01:40:21,721 --> 01:40:23,490 [breathing heavily] 1477 01:40:24,657 --> 01:40:25,658 [Willie Mae] I... 1478 01:40:29,29 --> 01:40:30,463 I... 1479 01:40:30,497 --> 01:40:31,498 I couldn't. 1480 01:40:32,665 --> 01:40:33,900 [defendant] No further questions. 1481 01:40:33,933 --> 01:40:35,68 [audience murmuring] 1482 01:40:37,70 --> 01:40:39,72 [audience members laughing] 1483 01:40:45,645 --> 01:40:46,646 [Judge] You can leave now. 1484 01:40:51,384 --> 01:40:52,652 [John sighs] 1485 01:40:57,357 --> 01:40:58,358 [door opens] 1486 01:40:59,759 --> 01:41:00,760 [door closes] 1487 01:41:04,764 --> 01:41:06,866 [Mr. Smith] Did you certify that the body found 1488 01:41:06,933 --> 01:41:08,368 was Emmett Till? 1489 01:41:08,401 --> 01:41:10,103 No, I did not. 1490 01:41:10,136 --> 01:41:12,639 I just said it was a dead body. 1491 01:41:12,672 --> 01:41:15,975 You couldn't even tell if the body was White or Black. 1492 01:41:16,9 --> 01:41:17,210 [Mr. Smith] Thank you, Sheriff Strider. 1493 01:41:17,243 --> 01:41:18,411 You are excused. 1494 01:41:21,948 --> 01:41:23,249 You want my honest opinion? 1495 01:41:23,283 --> 01:41:25,652 I think the boy's mammy and the NAACP 1496 01:41:25,685 --> 01:41:28,388 plotted this whole thing. 1497 01:41:28,421 --> 01:41:29,889 [Mr. Smith] Thank you, Sheriff Strider. 1498 01:41:31,658 --> 01:41:33,326 [sheriff] That boy's still alive somewhere. 1499 01:41:36,29 --> 01:41:38,164 [somber music playing] 1500 01:41:46,539 --> 01:41:47,974 [wiping hands] 1501 01:42:09,129 --> 01:42:11,698 [door opens and closes] 1502 01:42:15,502 --> 01:42:16,569 [Mr. Smith] Mamie... 1503 01:42:19,639 --> 01:42:21,608 Did you have a son who, in his lifetime, 1504 01:42:21,641 --> 01:42:23,510 was known as Emmett Till? 1505 01:42:25,145 --> 01:42:26,379 Yes, sir. 1506 01:42:26,446 --> 01:42:28,214 [Mr. Smith] How old was he? 1507 01:42:28,281 --> 01:42:30,383 Fourteen years of age. 1508 01:42:30,450 --> 01:42:32,18 [Mr. Smith] Is his father living today? 1509 01:42:32,652 --> 01:42:33,887 No, sir. 1510 01:42:33,920 --> 01:42:36,289 He died in service. 1511 01:42:36,322 --> 01:42:37,891 [Mr. Smith] Oh. Uh, when your husband, 1512 01:42:37,924 --> 01:42:40,460 the father of Emmett Till, was killed overseas, 1513 01:42:40,493 --> 01:42:42,896 were his belongings sent to you? 1514 01:42:42,929 --> 01:42:44,30 Yes, sir. 1515 01:42:45,765 --> 01:42:47,200 [Mr. Smith] I now hand you 1516 01:42:48,468 --> 01:42:51,504 a ring that has engraved on it, 1517 01:42:51,538 --> 01:42:55,675 May 25th, 1943, 1518 01:42:55,742 --> 01:42:57,344 with the large initials L.T. 1519 01:42:57,377 --> 01:42:59,379 Was that among the items that were sent to you? 1520 01:43:00,246 --> 01:43:01,314 Yes, sir. 1521 01:43:02,515 --> 01:43:03,817 [Mr. Smith] And is that the ring 1522 01:43:03,883 --> 01:43:06,86 that Emmett came down here to Mississippi with? 1523 01:43:07,87 --> 01:43:08,188 Yes, sir. 1524 01:43:08,221 --> 01:43:09,823 [crowd murmuring] 1525 01:43:09,889 --> 01:43:13,660 [Mr. Smith] Mamie, I wish you would state to the court, 1526 01:43:14,561 --> 01:43:15,995 and to the jury, 1527 01:43:16,62 --> 01:43:18,431 whether you could identify the body 1528 01:43:18,498 --> 01:43:21,101 that you saw down there in the funeral home 1529 01:43:21,134 --> 01:43:23,236 as that of your son, Emmett Till. 1530 01:43:24,537 --> 01:43:25,572 I could. 1531 01:43:32,645 --> 01:43:35,815 It's hard to describe what a mother knows. 1532 01:43:37,851 --> 01:43:38,918 [Mr. Smith] Please. 1533 01:43:45,558 --> 01:43:48,395 The first thing I noticed when I became a mother 1534 01:43:49,229 --> 01:43:51,531 was that my hands were busy. 1535 01:43:51,564 --> 01:43:53,833 [chuckles] All the time. 1536 01:43:53,867 --> 01:43:57,470 Rocking, carrying, swaying, always full. 1537 01:43:58,4 --> 01:43:59,572 One hand for him, 1538 01:43:59,606 --> 01:44:01,608 and one hand for what he needed. 1539 01:44:03,243 --> 01:44:05,378 When it came time to place him down 1540 01:44:05,412 --> 01:44:07,480 so he could make his own way around, 1541 01:44:08,615 --> 01:44:10,483 I touched every inch of him. 1542 01:44:11,117 --> 01:44:13,453 Every bend. 1543 01:44:13,486 --> 01:44:17,457 My hand knew him with my eyes closed. 1544 01:44:17,490 --> 01:44:18,825 Just like I'd know his laughter 1545 01:44:18,858 --> 01:44:20,193 in a crowded room. 1546 01:44:21,628 --> 01:44:25,131 It's the same thing when you know all of someone. 1547 01:44:38,11 --> 01:44:41,648 I started by laying my hands on a foot. 1548 01:44:43,516 --> 01:44:44,884 And then 1549 01:44:46,86 --> 01:44:47,620 found his knees. 1550 01:44:50,156 --> 01:44:52,25 I remembered him... 1551 01:44:54,160 --> 01:44:57,897 [voice breaking] as my fingers traced his hairline, 1552 01:44:59,466 --> 01:45:03,470 and bumped over the crease of his eyelid. 1553 01:45:05,872 --> 01:45:08,241 He was spoiled and puffed, 1554 01:45:09,542 --> 01:45:11,77 but these were the same parts 1555 01:45:11,111 --> 01:45:13,46 of a boy I'd nurtured and loved. 1556 01:45:14,347 --> 01:45:16,916 Nothing and no one could hide him from me. 1557 01:45:19,252 --> 01:45:20,687 A mother knows. 1558 01:45:22,322 --> 01:45:23,923 Your mother would know. 1559 01:45:25,58 --> 01:45:26,126 And I knew. 1560 01:45:26,192 --> 01:45:30,964 I knew this was my boy. Emmett Till. 1561 01:45:31,798 --> 01:45:33,366 Beyond any doubt. 1562 01:45:36,336 --> 01:45:38,38 [Mr. Smith] Thank you. Uh... 1563 01:45:39,673 --> 01:45:42,208 Thank you, Mrs. Bradley. 1564 01:45:42,242 --> 01:45:44,778 I believe that's all any of us would ever need to hear. 1565 01:45:49,549 --> 01:45:50,684 [defendant] Mamie? 1566 01:45:50,717 --> 01:45:51,718 Do you happen to remember 1567 01:45:51,785 --> 01:45:53,720 the date Emmett Till's father died? 1568 01:45:53,787 --> 01:45:57,424 Yes, sir. July the 2nd, 1945. 1569 01:45:57,490 --> 01:45:58,792 [defendant] Where was he when he died? 1570 01:45:58,825 --> 01:45:59,993 In Europe. 1571 01:46:01,394 --> 01:46:03,663 Did you have an insurance policy on Emmett Till? 1572 01:46:04,664 --> 01:46:05,832 Um... 1573 01:46:05,865 --> 01:46:07,567 Yes, sir. 1574 01:46:07,600 --> 01:46:09,736 [defendant] How much was it for? 1575 01:46:09,803 --> 01:46:13,106 I had a 10-cent and 15-cent policy, 1576 01:46:13,139 --> 01:46:16,276 two weekly policies, and they equaled $400. 1577 01:46:16,309 --> 01:46:18,144 -[audience murmurs] -[defendant] $400? 1578 01:46:19,746 --> 01:46:21,715 Now, to whom were those policies payable? 1579 01:46:21,748 --> 01:46:24,250 [Mr. Smith] Uh, we object to that, Your Honor. 1580 01:46:24,284 --> 01:46:25,819 [Judge] Objection overruled. 1581 01:46:25,852 --> 01:46:27,821 The witness will answer the question. 1582 01:46:29,155 --> 01:46:31,257 I was the beneficiary on one, 1583 01:46:31,291 --> 01:46:32,859 and my mother was on the other. 1584 01:46:34,194 --> 01:46:35,261 [defendant] He ever cause 1585 01:46:35,295 --> 01:46:36,696 or get in any trouble in Chicago? 1586 01:46:37,764 --> 01:46:38,865 No more than any other boy. 1587 01:46:38,898 --> 01:46:40,200 [defendant] Did he attend a reform school? 1588 01:46:40,266 --> 01:46:41,568 What for? 1589 01:46:41,601 --> 01:46:42,602 No. 1590 01:46:44,37 --> 01:46:46,439 [defendant] You've been quoted in the colored press, 1591 01:46:46,473 --> 01:46:49,109 "I told him several times before he left for Mississippi 1592 01:46:49,142 --> 01:46:50,410 "that he should kneel in the street 1593 01:46:50,443 --> 01:46:51,778 "and beg for forgiveness 1594 01:46:51,845 --> 01:46:53,613 "should he ever insult a White person." 1595 01:46:53,646 --> 01:46:56,16 Not those exact words. 1596 01:46:56,49 --> 01:46:58,351 [defendant] Did you caution him not to insult White women? 1597 01:46:58,418 --> 01:47:01,287 I referred to White people in general. 1598 01:47:01,321 --> 01:47:02,889 [defendant] Did you caution your son 1599 01:47:02,922 --> 01:47:04,457 how to conduct himself and behave himself 1600 01:47:04,491 --> 01:47:05,592 while he was down here in Mississippi? 1601 01:47:05,625 --> 01:47:06,860 Several times. 1602 01:47:06,893 --> 01:47:09,229 [defendant] Several times! Do tell us how. 1603 01:47:09,295 --> 01:47:11,164 I will give you a literal description 1604 01:47:11,197 --> 01:47:12,365 of what I told him. 1605 01:47:12,432 --> 01:47:14,0 How coming down here, 1606 01:47:14,34 --> 01:47:17,37 he would have to adapt himself to a different way of life. 1607 01:47:17,70 --> 01:47:19,172 Be very careful about how he spoke, 1608 01:47:19,205 --> 01:47:20,774 and to whom he spoke, 1609 01:47:20,807 --> 01:47:24,344 and to always remember to say, "Yes, sir" and "No, ma'am." 1610 01:47:24,377 --> 01:47:26,746 I told him that if ever an incident should arise 1611 01:47:26,780 --> 01:47:28,181 where there would be any trouble 1612 01:47:28,214 --> 01:47:29,783 of any kind with White people, 1613 01:47:29,816 --> 01:47:31,751 that if it got to the point where he needed 1614 01:47:31,785 --> 01:47:33,753 to go down on his knees before them, 1615 01:47:33,787 --> 01:47:36,956 well, I told him not to hesitate to do so. 1616 01:47:37,23 --> 01:47:40,193 Like if he bumped into somebody on the street 1617 01:47:40,226 --> 01:47:42,595 and they might get belligerent or something. 1618 01:47:42,629 --> 01:47:45,365 Well, I told him to go ahead and humble himself 1619 01:47:45,398 --> 01:47:48,401 so as not to get into any trouble! But... 1620 01:47:49,502 --> 01:47:50,670 [defendant] But what? 1621 01:47:51,938 --> 01:47:55,608 Well, I raised him with love for 14 years. 1622 01:47:55,642 --> 01:47:59,279 My sudden warnings about hate weren't going to get through. 1623 01:47:59,346 --> 01:48:00,780 [audience murmurs] 1624 01:48:00,814 --> 01:48:02,215 [defendant] I now show you what purports to be 1625 01:48:02,248 --> 01:48:03,683 a photograph of your son. 1626 01:48:06,619 --> 01:48:11,91 This was taken in my home two days after Christmas. 1627 01:48:11,124 --> 01:48:13,360 [defendant] Now, tell the court and the jury what this is. 1628 01:48:15,562 --> 01:48:18,865 [voice breaking] This picture is of my son 1629 01:48:18,932 --> 01:48:22,702 after Mississippi sent him back to Chicago, dead. 1630 01:48:22,736 --> 01:48:24,704 [audience murmuring] 1631 01:48:26,373 --> 01:48:27,640 No further questions. 1632 01:48:29,576 --> 01:48:31,77 [Judge] And for the prosecution? 1633 01:48:32,879 --> 01:48:34,80 [prosecutor] State rests. 1634 01:48:36,716 --> 01:48:38,218 [Judge] Court will have a recess. 1635 01:48:38,251 --> 01:48:39,552 [gavel bangs] 1636 01:48:39,586 --> 01:48:42,422 -[somber music playing] -[audience chattering] 1637 01:48:44,90 --> 01:48:45,458 [shakily] They... 1638 01:48:45,525 --> 01:48:48,228 They killed my son again. [sniffles] 1639 01:48:54,734 --> 01:48:55,835 [John sighs] 1640 01:48:56,870 --> 01:48:57,971 [John] Hmm. 1641 01:48:59,439 --> 01:49:01,574 [somber music continues] 1642 01:49:37,77 --> 01:49:39,279 [breathing heavily] 1643 01:49:39,312 --> 01:49:41,748 [Judge] Will the jury please retire to the jury room? 1644 01:49:44,884 --> 01:49:47,721 The testimony being offered here today 1645 01:49:47,754 --> 01:49:50,623 of a prior incident at the store in Money 1646 01:49:50,657 --> 01:49:51,891 is irrelevant. 1647 01:49:53,59 --> 01:49:54,294 [defendant 2] Your Honor, 1648 01:49:54,327 --> 01:49:56,963 may we still continue the testimony 1649 01:49:57,30 --> 01:49:59,232 on account of the record? 1650 01:49:59,299 --> 01:50:00,600 [Mr. Smith] Uh, Your Honor... 1651 01:50:00,633 --> 01:50:01,968 Sit down. 1652 01:50:03,169 --> 01:50:05,939 Now, I see no harm in letting Ms. Bryant 1653 01:50:05,972 --> 01:50:09,409 share her side of things if she wants to. 1654 01:50:09,476 --> 01:50:11,745 Hell, everybody else has. 1655 01:50:11,778 --> 01:50:13,513 You think you can handle that, dear? 1656 01:50:19,352 --> 01:50:20,854 [Carolyn sighs deeply] 1657 01:50:21,988 --> 01:50:23,256 Mrs. Bryant, 1658 01:50:24,257 --> 01:50:26,426 was anyone in the store with you 1659 01:50:26,493 --> 01:50:30,830 on Wednesday night, 24th day of August, 1955? 1660 01:50:33,99 --> 01:50:34,367 I was alone. 1661 01:50:35,769 --> 01:50:38,204 But the children were in the back. 1662 01:50:38,238 --> 01:50:39,773 In the living quarters. 1663 01:50:41,107 --> 01:50:43,376 And what time of day was it? 1664 01:50:43,410 --> 01:50:44,678 After dark. 1665 01:50:46,146 --> 01:50:47,213 [defendant 2] Alone. 1666 01:50:47,247 --> 01:50:49,516 At nighttime with your children. 1667 01:50:49,549 --> 01:50:51,951 Well, you just tell the court what happened next. 1668 01:50:54,254 --> 01:50:56,956 This nigger man came into the store 1669 01:50:56,990 --> 01:50:59,125 and stood by the candy case. 1670 01:51:00,93 --> 01:51:01,861 [defendant 2] And you? 1671 01:51:01,895 --> 01:51:04,397 [Carolyn] I was behind the counter. 1672 01:51:04,431 --> 01:51:07,167 I asked the man what he wanted. 1673 01:51:07,233 --> 01:51:09,602 And then did you get him the merchandise? 1674 01:51:09,669 --> 01:51:10,670 Yes. 1675 01:51:12,405 --> 01:51:15,175 And then what did you do? 1676 01:51:15,241 --> 01:51:17,410 I held out my hand for the money. 1677 01:51:18,912 --> 01:51:20,480 [defendant 2] Will you show the court 1678 01:51:20,547 --> 01:51:21,881 how you held your hand out? 1679 01:51:23,683 --> 01:51:25,18 Like this. 1680 01:51:25,51 --> 01:51:27,287 [defendant 2] And did he give you the money? 1681 01:51:27,320 --> 01:51:29,255 [Carolyn] No, he caught my hand. 1682 01:51:30,490 --> 01:51:32,392 [defendant 2] Will you show the court 1683 01:51:32,425 --> 01:51:34,294 just how he grasped your hand? 1684 01:51:38,331 --> 01:51:40,166 And was that a strong grip or a light grip 1685 01:51:40,200 --> 01:51:42,635 that he had when he held your hand? 1686 01:51:42,702 --> 01:51:44,70 [Carolyn] A strong grip. 1687 01:51:44,137 --> 01:51:46,339 [faint murmuring] 1688 01:51:46,406 --> 01:51:48,775 [defendant 2] Will you show the court what you did? 1689 01:51:48,842 --> 01:51:50,343 How did you get loose? 1690 01:51:54,147 --> 01:51:55,849 [grunts softly] 1691 01:51:55,882 --> 01:51:58,718 I jerked it loose like this. 1692 01:52:00,153 --> 01:52:04,24 Now, just what did he say when he grabbed your hand? 1693 01:52:06,192 --> 01:52:08,795 -"How about a date, baby?" -[defendant 2] Hmm. 1694 01:52:10,63 --> 01:52:12,232 Now, you freed yourself. 1695 01:52:12,298 --> 01:52:13,666 And what happened then? 1696 01:52:15,502 --> 01:52:16,803 [Carolyn sighs] 1697 01:52:18,71 --> 01:52:20,173 I turned to the back of the store. 1698 01:52:22,308 --> 01:52:24,177 And he went on his way? 1699 01:52:26,346 --> 01:52:28,314 No. 1700 01:52:28,348 --> 01:52:31,885 -He came after me. -[audience murmuring] 1701 01:52:31,918 --> 01:52:34,621 He caught me down by the cash register. 1702 01:52:37,257 --> 01:52:41,561 Mrs. Bryant, can you demonstrate for the court? 1703 01:52:44,397 --> 01:52:45,498 Yes. 1704 01:52:45,532 --> 01:52:46,666 All right, now. 1705 01:52:49,335 --> 01:52:50,470 [sighs] 1706 01:52:54,808 --> 01:52:57,243 Grabbed your hands, pinned them behind your back? 1707 01:52:59,579 --> 01:53:01,214 [Carolyn] Yes. 1708 01:53:01,247 --> 01:53:03,983 [defendant 2] His right hand on your right hip? 1709 01:53:05,552 --> 01:53:06,953 [Carolyn] Here. 1710 01:53:06,986 --> 01:53:08,121 [audience exclaims] 1711 01:53:08,154 --> 01:53:09,589 [defendant 2] Just what did he say? 1712 01:53:11,858 --> 01:53:15,962 [Carolyn] He said, "You needn't be afraid of me. 1713 01:53:15,995 --> 01:53:17,731 "I've been with White women before." 1714 01:53:18,965 --> 01:53:21,101 [defendant 2] And what happened then? 1715 01:53:21,134 --> 01:53:23,403 [Carolyn] Then another nigger came in the door... 1716 01:53:23,436 --> 01:53:24,704 [John sighs] 1717 01:53:25,271 --> 01:53:27,540 I'm ready to go. 1718 01:53:27,574 --> 01:53:28,808 [sighs] You want me to come and get you 1719 01:53:28,842 --> 01:53:30,10 when they read a verdict? 1720 01:53:30,43 --> 01:53:33,947 No. I'm ready to leave Mississippi. Now. 1721 01:53:33,980 --> 01:53:35,281 What about the verdict? 1722 01:53:36,549 --> 01:53:38,184 I know what the verdict is. 1723 01:53:41,421 --> 01:53:43,823 [radio host] After deliberating for about an hour, 1724 01:53:43,857 --> 01:53:46,59 the jury has just come back with a verdict 1725 01:53:46,126 --> 01:53:48,294 of "not guilty." 1726 01:53:48,328 --> 01:53:52,32 Thus the defendants Milam and Bryant are free men. 1727 01:53:52,65 --> 01:53:53,833 They celebrated their victory 1728 01:53:53,867 --> 01:53:57,337 laughing and smiling with their wives at their side, 1729 01:53:57,404 --> 01:54:00,73 clearly happy...[voice fades] 1730 01:54:00,140 --> 01:54:02,342 [intense somber music playing] 1731 01:54:28,668 --> 01:54:31,371 [people applauding] 1732 01:54:33,440 --> 01:54:37,911 [Rayfield] Her story has changed the world. 1733 01:54:37,944 --> 01:54:41,314 Because she had the courage to make it not just her own, 1734 01:54:42,182 --> 01:54:43,516 but all of ours. 1735 01:54:43,583 --> 01:54:46,353 [audience murmuring in agreement] 1736 01:54:46,386 --> 01:54:49,689 Mamie, it is an honor to share the stage with you. 1737 01:54:51,524 --> 01:54:53,493 To share this fight with you. 1738 01:54:53,526 --> 01:54:55,528 [man] Yes, yes! 1739 01:54:55,595 --> 01:55:00,900 Please welcome Mrs. Mamie Till-Bradley. 1740 01:55:00,934 --> 01:55:03,370 [audience cheering and applauding] 1741 01:55:04,804 --> 01:55:05,905 [audience whistling] 1742 01:55:05,939 --> 01:55:07,374 [softly] This is just the beginning. 1743 01:55:07,407 --> 01:55:09,409 [cheering continues] 1744 01:55:17,217 --> 01:55:21,254 I would like to give honor to God, 1745 01:55:21,287 --> 01:55:23,289 who is the source of my strength 1746 01:55:23,356 --> 01:55:25,225 and the reason for my being. 1747 01:55:25,258 --> 01:55:26,626 [audience murmurs in agreement] 1748 01:55:26,659 --> 01:55:30,230 I thank you, Mr. Mooty and the NAACP, 1749 01:55:30,263 --> 01:55:32,966 for inviting me to speak before you all 1750 01:55:32,999 --> 01:55:34,701 in Harlem, New York City. 1751 01:55:35,235 --> 01:55:36,970 [man 2] Yes. 1752 01:55:37,3 --> 01:55:39,973 My son's brutalized body meant nothing 1753 01:55:40,6 --> 01:55:43,243 to Mississippi's criminal justice system. 1754 01:55:43,276 --> 01:55:46,279 And while they blamed the victim, as usual, 1755 01:55:46,312 --> 01:55:49,749 the federal government stood idly by. 1756 01:55:49,816 --> 01:55:52,252 If this country fails to protect 1757 01:55:52,285 --> 01:55:54,87 the Black body from hate, 1758 01:55:54,120 --> 01:55:56,389 America has yet to meet her promise. 1759 01:55:56,423 --> 01:55:57,991 [audience] Amen! 1760 01:55:58,24 --> 01:56:01,194 Either freedom for everyone, or freedom fails! 1761 01:56:01,261 --> 01:56:03,430 [cheering and applauding] 1762 01:56:10,170 --> 01:56:14,7 One month ago, I had a nice apartment in Chicago. 1763 01:56:14,40 --> 01:56:18,778 I had a good job. I had a son. 1764 01:56:18,845 --> 01:56:21,314 When something happened to the Negroes in the South, 1765 01:56:21,348 --> 01:56:25,151 I said, "Well, that's their business. Not mine." 1766 01:56:25,185 --> 01:56:28,855 Now I know how wrong I was. 1767 01:56:28,888 --> 01:56:31,224 The lynching of my son has shown me 1768 01:56:31,291 --> 01:56:33,59 that what happens to any of us, 1769 01:56:33,126 --> 01:56:34,427 anywhere in the world, 1770 01:56:34,461 --> 01:56:37,564 had better be the business of us all. 1771 01:56:37,597 --> 01:56:40,33 [cheering and applauding] 1772 01:56:52,379 --> 01:56:53,947 I hear ya, sister! 1773 01:56:54,614 --> 01:56:55,882 That's right. 1774 01:56:56,816 --> 01:56:58,351 Tell it like it is! 1775 01:56:58,385 --> 01:56:59,486 I heard that! 1776 01:57:00,954 --> 01:57:02,622 Yes! Yes! 1777 01:57:02,655 --> 01:57:04,657 [music intensifying] 1778 01:57:06,459 --> 01:57:07,660 [mouthing] 1779 01:57:14,267 --> 01:57:16,636 [intense music continues] 1780 01:57:33,687 --> 01:57:34,921 [music fades] 1781 01:57:37,190 --> 01:57:38,758 [water dripping] 1782 01:58:50,830 --> 01:58:52,32 [record player clicks] 1783 01:58:56,202 --> 01:58:57,437 [record crackles] 1784 01:58:59,472 --> 01:59:02,442 ["He Beeped When He Shoulda Bopped" by Dizzy Gillespie plays] 1785 01:59:17,524 --> 01:59:19,159 [song fading] 1786 01:59:22,729 --> 01:59:25,732 [emotional music playing] 1787 02:00:22,822 --> 02:00:24,391 [chuckles] 1788 02:00:32,932 --> 02:00:34,868 [Mamie laughing] 1789 02:00:41,975 --> 02:00:43,376 [chuckles softly] 1790 02:00:52,419 --> 02:00:54,254 [chuckling quietly] 1791 02:01:07,33 --> 02:01:09,436 [emotional music continues]