Sixty-seven years after the brutal murder of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi, the United States Congress finally passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act. During the time that has passed since the lynching of Till a lot has changed for African-Americans in the United States, much in part to the efforts of the Civil Rights Movement and organizations like the NAACP. But, at the same time, the situation still has not improved to the level where one can say that nonwhite citizens in the United States have equal rights and opportunities. The woman who accused Till, leading to his death, is still alive in 2022 and, according to CNN, only recently evaded indictment for the charges of kidnapping and manslaughter. It seems timely that the film Till, many years after the events that happened in Mississippi, reminds America of its history.
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