Emmet Louis Till Film Analysis

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In the movie The Untold Story of Emmet Louis Till Mose Wright was a credible witness when he is on the witness stand Mose wright testifies against Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam in the murder and kidnapping case of Emmet Louis Till and these are the exact words he quoted “Sunday morning about two-thirty,someone called at the door .And I said ‘Who is it’ and he said ‘This is Mr. Bryant.I want to talk with you and the boy’.And when I open the door, there was a man standing with a pistol in one hand and a flashlight in the other hand”.After he finished his testimony the attorney asked Mose to point out the them men that were there that night Moses stood up and pointed at Roy Bryant and J.W.

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