Emmett Till was beaten, shot, and drowned in a river in Mississippi on August 28, 1955. His killing spurred the civil rights movement and inspired events like the historic 1963 March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of his "Dream" for the country. At the tail end of a summer that’s been dominated by conversations about white supremacy and police brutality, we’re looking back at Emmett’s life and death, and the unresolved investigation into his killing.

In this episode:

Deborah Watts, Emmett Till’s cousin, and co-founder of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation.

For more:

The American police shooting you haven’t heard about

The US movement to abolish the police

Voices from the US protests

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Emmett Till was beaten, shot, and drowned in a river in Mississippi on August 28, 1955.&nbsp;His killing spurred the civil rights movement and inspired events like the&nbsp;historic&nbsp;1963 March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of his "Dream" for the country. At the tail end of a summer that’s been dominated by conversations about white supremacy&nbsp;and police brutality, we’re looking back at Emmett’s life and death, and the unresolved investigation into his killing.In this episode:<a href="https://twitter.com/DeborahWattz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Deborah Watts</a>, Emmett Till’s cousin, and co-founder of the <a href="https://emmetttilllegacyfoundation.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emmett Till Legacy Foundation</a>.For more:<a href="https://podcasts.aljazeera.com/the-take-episodes/2020/08/03/the-american-police-shooting-you-havent-heard-about" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The American police shooting you haven’t heard about</a><a href="https://podcasts.aljazeera.com/the-take-episodes/2020/06/10/the-us-movement-to-abolish-the-police" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The US movement to abolish the police</a><a href="https://podcasts.aljazeera.com/the-take-episodes/2020/06/05/voices-from-the-us-protests" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Voices from the US protests</a>Connect with The Take:&nbsp;Twitter&nbsp;(<a href="https://twitter.com/AJTheTake" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>), Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajthetake/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheTakePod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TheTakePod</a>)

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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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