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Transcripts For CSPAN3 1955 Emmett Till Murder Case 20170101

Tonight is as the scholar in residence of the Kansas City Missouri Public Library system. Excitingn for a very treat. To keep it going in a flowing way, i am destined to read the introduction so we stay on point , but the person, my friend who is here tonight, who came from salt lake, utah, is the author till thek, emmett murder that shocked the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. Of the most definitive books on the subject. It took him 21 years from conception to completion to write the book youre i had the privilege to work on emmett tills case the book. I had the privilege to work on witht tills case, to work his mother to have the case reinvestigated and to have the the unsolved pass Civil Rights Congress is working on it right now ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 1955 Emmett Till Murder Case 20170102

Who is here tonight who came from salt lake, utah, his name is devery anderson. He is the author of the book, emmett till the murder that shock the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It is one of the most definitive books on the subject. It took him 21 years from conception to completion to write this book. And i had the privilege to work on this case, emmett tills case, starting in 2002 with emmett tills mother, to work toward the reopening of the case to be reinvestigated and to have the United States congress to pass the emmett till unsolved civil rights crime act. That is now in the works being we authorized again. Congress is working on it right now. We expect in the next several weeks for that to pass. [applause] anderson is an editor at signature books in salt lake, utah, and is currently working on a masters degree in publishing at the
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