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We need to keep him here just in case he runs off again. I ain't gonna run. I'll tell 'em
what I saw that night. And what about
your grandparents? Would you say that they heard some sounds
comin' out the barn too? No, no, I promised them I was
gonna keep them out of it. We're gonna finance security for your entire family
after they testify, so don't you worry none, son. All right? His name is Willie Reed, a field hand for
J.W.'s brother. He's a witness
who lives on the farm not too far from where he saw J.W. and Roy Bryant and several other men
take Emmett. Now, Willie's family
also works for the Milams, so they also heard
a lot of noise that night. There were other men? It pains me
to have to tell you this, but there were some colored
men that were involved
what I saw that night. And what about
your grandparents? Would you say that they heard some sounds
comin' out the barn too? No, no, I promised them I was
gonna keep them out of it. We're gonna finance security for your entire family
after they testify, so don't you worry none, son. All right? His name is Willie Reed, a field hand for
J.W.'s brother. He's a witness
who lives on the farm not too far from where he saw J.W. and Roy Bryant and several other men
take Emmett. Now, Willie's family
also works for the Milams, so they also heard
a lot of noise that night. There were other men? It pains me
to have to tell you this, but there were some colored
men that were involved
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We need to keep him here
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just in case he runs off again.
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I ain't gonna run.
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I'll tell 'em
what I saw that night.
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And what about
your grandparents?
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Would you say that they heard
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some sounds
comin' out the barn too?
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No, no, I promised them I was
gonna keep them out of it.
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We're gonna finance security
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for your entire family
after they testify,
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so don't you worry none, son.
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All right?
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His name is Willie Reed,
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a field hand for
J.W.'s brother.
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He's a witness
who lives on the farm
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not too far from where he saw
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J.W. and Roy Bryant
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and several other men
take Emmett.
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Now, Willie's family
also works for the Milams,
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so they also heard
a lot of noise that night.
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There were other men?
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It pains me
to have to tell you this,
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but there were some colored
men that were involved.
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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.
