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Emmett just wanted
to go on vacation and have fun with his cousins. He never thought
anything would happen to him. He knew how different
things were down here, but I never raised him
to have any fear growing up. I wanted him to be a boy. And to not have his childhood
taken away from him
to go on vacation and have fun with his cousins. He never thought
anything would happen to him. He knew how different
things were down here, but I never raised him
to have any fear growing up. I wanted him to be a boy. And to not have his childhood
taken away from him
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Emmett just wanted
to go on vacation
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and have fun with his cousins.
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He never thought
anything would happen to him.
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He knew how different
things were down here,
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but I never raised him
to have any fear growing up.
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I wanted him to be a boy.
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And to not have his childhood
taken away from him.
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Movie Summary
In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.
