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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Wagster Pettus

Emmett Till movie shown in Black town pivotal to the story

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The tiny, all-Black town of Mound Bayou became a safe haven for Emmett Till's mother as she traveled to Mississippi to testify in the murder trial of two white men who lynched her son in 1955.

Hundreds of people — a good portion of Mound Bayou's 1,500 residents — turned out Thursday evening to watch the movie “Till.” The feature film is going into wide release across the U.S. this weekend after being in limited release since Oct. 14.

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