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I'm sure you heard
about what happened to our friends Lamar Smith
and Reverend Lee. Yes, I have. Medgar and I worked closely
with 'em. We did good work. We got a lot of Negroes
registered to vote for the first time
in Mississippi, and that created the biggest
targets on our backs
about what happened to our friends Lamar Smith
and Reverend Lee. Yes, I have. Medgar and I worked closely
with 'em. We did good work. We got a lot of Negroes
registered to vote for the first time
in Mississippi, and that created the biggest
targets on our backs
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I'm sure you heard
about what happened
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to our friends Lamar Smith
and Reverend Lee.
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Yes, I have.
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Medgar and I worked closely
with 'em.
00:00:11.041 --> 00:00:13.612
We did good work.
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We got a lot of Negroes
registered to vote
00:00:15.008 --> 00:00:17.149
for the first time
in Mississippi,
00:00:18.045 --> 00:00:21.042
and that created the biggest
targets on our backs.
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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.
