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The Death of Emmett Till
"The Death of Emmett Till", also known as "The Ballad of Emmett Till", is a song by American musician and Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan about the murder of Emmett Till. Till, a 14-year-old African American, was killed on August 28, 1955, by two white men, reportedly after flirting with a white woman. In the song's lyrics, Dylan recounts the murder and trial.
Background.
While the song never appeared on any of Dylan's
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America", April 25, 2004.
- Testimony of Carolyn Bryant at trial of Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam
External links.
- Emmett Till Archives Florida State University
- Documents regarding the Emmett Till Case Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
- Video interview with Mamie Till-Mobley Emmett Till's mother
- "Emmett Till Murder", Civil Rights Digital Library.
- Treading the Tightrope of Jim Crow: Emmett Till. "The