This this this murder. Thank you. Thank you. Its all the time we have. Thank you all so much for coming and making. Thank you. Thank you go to venture. Good afternoon, everyone. Please have a seat. Good afternoon. To our president , joe biden, members of congress, the members of the hill family, my fellow americans, today we gather to remember our history. We gather to an act of astonishing violence and hate and to the courage of. Those who called upon our nation to look with open eyes at that horror and to act the story of. Emmett till and. The incredible bravery of mamie tillmobley helped fuel the movement. Civil rights in america and their stories continue to inspire our collective fight for justice. When i served in the United States senate, i was so honored to sponsor the emmett till antilynching act alongside congressman bobby rush, and it was an even greater honor. Stand beside our president , joe biden, as he signed law that finally made lynching a federal crime. So many leader
This this this murder. Thank you. Thank you. Its all the time we have. Thank you all so much for coming and making. Thank you. Thank you go to venture. Good afternoon, everyone. Please have a seat. Good afternoon. To our president , joe biden, members of congress, the members of the hill family, my fellow americans, today we gather to remember our history. We gather to an act of astonishing violence and hate and to the courage of. Those who called upon our nation to look with open eyes at that horror and to act the story of. Emmett till and. The incredible bravery of mamie tillmobley helped fuel the movement. Civil rights in america and their stories continue to inspire our collective fight for justice. When i served in the United States senate, i was so honored to sponsor the emmett till antilynching act alongside congressman bobby rush, and it was an even greater honor. Stand beside our president , joe biden, as he signed law that finally made lynching a federal crime. So many leader
This this this murder. Thank you. Thank you. Its all the time we have. Thank you all so much for coming and making. Thank you. Thank you go to venture. Good afternoon, everyone. Please have a seat. Good afternoon. To our president , joe biden, members of congress, the members of the hill family, my fellow americans, today we gather to remember our history. We gather to an act of astonishing violence and hate and to the courage of. Those who called upon our nation to look with open eyes at that horror and to act the story of. Emmett till and. The incredible bravery of mamie tillmobley helped fuel the movement. Civil rights in america and their stories continue to inspire our collective fight for justice. When i served in the United States senate, i was so honored to sponsor the emmett till antilynching act alongside congressman bobby rush, and it was an even greater honor. Stand beside our president , joe biden, as he signed law that finally made lynching a federal crime. So many leader
This this this murder. Thank you. Thank you. Its all the time we have. Thank you all so much for coming and making. Thank you. Thank you go to venture. Good afternoon, everyone. Please have a seat. Good afternoon. To our president , joe biden, members of congress, the members of the hill family, my fellow americans, today we gather to remember our history. We gather to an act of astonishing violence and hate and to the courage of. Those who called upon our nation to look with open eyes at that horror and to act the story of. Emmett till and. The incredible bravery of mamie tillmobley helped fuel the movement. Civil rights in america and their stories continue to inspire our collective fight for justice. When i served in the United States senate, i was so honored to sponsor the emmett till antilynching act alongside congressman bobby rush, and it was an even greater honor. Stand beside our president , joe biden, as he signed law that finally made lynching a federal crime. So many leader
Civil rights movement. August 28th, 1955, was the day 14yearold africanamerican emmett till was murdered by two white men. So significant that august 28th was the day Martin Luther king jr. Chose for his 1963 i have a dream speech. Closer to the present, august 28th, 2008, then senator barack obama became the first africanamerican man to win a major partys nomination. August 28th. So today we take a look at the murder of emmett till. So horrific and ghastly the death of this 14yearold boy in mississippi, became a call to arms, a moment that galvanized the Civil Rights Movement. Till had allegedly flirted with a white female shop keeper. The price, he was beaten and mutilated, his eyes gouged out with barbedwire wrapped around his neck. His body was thrown into the river to sink and vanish into mystery. But his mother refused to let his death go unnoticed. When the body was found, she insisted on an open casket so the world could see what happened. When the people were acquitted, it beg