Keith Beauchamp, civil rights activist and filmmaker, will discuss his documentaryThe Untold Story of Emmett Louis Tillat7 p.m.Feb. 15 (Wednesday) in the auditorium of theHesburghCenterfor International 91视频.The lecture is free and open to the public.
In a tragedy that contributed to the beginning of the civil rights movement, Till, a blackChicagoteenager visiting Money,Miss., was beaten and murdered for publicly addressing a white woman in 1955.The two men charged in the case were acquitted by an all-white jury.
Beauchamps documentary provides eyewitness testimony and an interview with Till鈥檚 mother, which revealed other potentially guilty parties and ultimately prompted the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen the case in 2004.
The lecture is sponsored by .
* Contact: * _Arthur Taylor, Multicultural Student Programs and Services, 574-631-9475, taylor.121@nd.edu _
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