it was very powerful interests against roosevelt in a completely hysterical way, and yet, and yet, through all these different ways of fighting it, americans did the right thing and beat them back. that story needs to be told. we need to know what those tactics were. thank you, rachel, and be sure to check out rachel s msnbc podcast, rachel maddow presents ultra. up next on this special edition of the reidout, 14-year-old actor jalyn hall joins me to discuss his powerful role as emmett till in the new movie till which details mamie till mobley s bravery in her pursuit of justice for the brutal lynching of her son. stay with us.
o against roosevelt in a completely hysterical way. and yet, through all these different ways of fighting it, americans did the right thing and beat them back. that s cronies to be told, we need to know those tactics were and how those people were. thank you, rachel maddow. and be sure to check out meadows msnbc original podcast, rachel maddow presents, ultra. up next on the special edition of the readout, 14 year old actor jalen hall joins me to discuss his powerful role as emmett till in the new movie, till. which details bravery in her pursuit of justice for the brutal lynching of her son. stay with us. stay with us. when it was time to sign up for a medicare plan. mom didn t know which way to turn. but thanks to the right plan promise from unitedhealthcare she got a medicare plan expert to help guide her to the right plan with the right care team behind her. wow, uh-huh.
little glassy, right now because it brings me to tears even thinking about this. and where we ve come, i m just so excited to be a part of it. listen, i have to tell you, i had a hard time reading through that script. i m not keeping it real. there s something about emmett till s story that just does make me cry, it was the way you portrayed it really is what brought it home. he was so joyful and you portrayed him as such a fun, happy boy, he reminded me of my kids. yes. how did you approach doing a story that is so tragic, what was your approach to it? and what did you know about emmett till going into your addition? yeah, so, as far as information-wise, i didn t know everything. i didn t know in such detail. i really only knew the tragic events that happened to him. and i was kind of told to me as a cautionary tale, a means to prevent something like that
anything else to be taught in school. they don t want anything taught about thomas jefferson but does it make him into some sort of saint. but no one s a saint. i want what you would say to some of these governors in a lot of these red states who are saying, well, we can t teach anything about the founders, for instance, that isn t absolute virtue. because it s gonna make white children feel badly. or it s gonna, if you teach about slavery, it s gonna make white kids feel guilty. if you teach anything about the founders that isn t that they were perfect, it s gonna make people hate america. what would you say to those people? it s just so simple, joy. in most of those states, the state religion is not christiana tv or whatever, it s football. and if you had a football coach who in high school on a friday night or ask in college on a saturday night, didn t tell it like it was, or really stop on defense the offense was good or special teams where this, if you re not telling the unvarni
throughout everything, who was really the main reason that i m here. because without that support, without that push that she gave me, and that nurturing of my dream, then i wouldn t have been here today. you re gonna make me cry now, because his mom, you left your mama. you played basically a perfect mom son, mama s little man, beautiful boy. and you did such a good job. it was hard for me to watch it. but you made it easier because you are so good in it. jalen hall, we re gonna see a lot of you, thank you for being here. thank you. i would have to call you nephew know, please do. okay nephew, have a good night. thank you for being here. jalen hall star is on the rise, angela bassett is a hollywood legend. i recently had a chance to speak to queen about black panther, wakanda forever. and the loss of the late great chadwick boseman. and that s up next. chadwick boseman and that s up next and that s up next my most important kitchen tool? my brain.