4.4 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
August 28, 1955. While visiting relatives in Mississippi, Chicago-born Emmett Till is murdered by two white men for allegedly flirting with a white woman, a shocking crime that will provide a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement in the United States.
History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.
Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
0:00.0 | There are more ways than ever to listen to History Daily Add Free. |
0:03.7 | Listen with Wondery Plus in the Wondery app, |
0:06.0 | or you can get all of History Daily plus other fantastic history podcasts at intohistory.com. |
0:13.0 | A listener note, this episode contains references to racial violence that may not be suitable for all audiences. |
0:18.7 | It's August 24, 1955, in the small town of Monty, Mississippi. |
0:33.4 | 21-year-old Carol Bryant, a white store clerk, sits behind the register inside Brian's |
0:38.0 | grocery and meat market, the only store in this remote backwater town. |
0:42.4 | Carolyn co-owns it with her husband Roy, mainly catering to local sharecroppers who come |
0:47.4 | in to play checkers and drink soda on the sidewalk. |
0:50.6 | Carolyn looks up as the door swings open and a pair of black teenagers enters. |
0:55.2 | She narrows her eyes and watches suspiciously as one of the boys approaches the counter. |
0:59.9 | Carolyn doesn't like his demeanor. He's walking with confidence, almost a swagger. |
1:05.3 | He reaches into the candy jar and removes a gunball. |
1:08.7 | Carolyn says coldly, that'll be two cents, but as she goes to take the money she freezes, |
1:14.4 | the boy is looking her directly in the eye and smiling. |
1:18.4 | Carolyn's speechless. She doesn't remember the last time a black person had the |
1:22.3 | temerity to meet her gaze. Sensing Carolyn's shock, the boy's smile fades. |
1:28.0 | He slides the coins across the counter and hurries out of the store. |
1:32.0 | But Carolyn isn't going to let such incidents go unpunished. |
1:36.4 | She stands up and follows the boy out onto the street where he's already laughing and joking |
1:41.2 | around with his friends. And as Carolyn stands outside the store, the boy turns to look at her and |
1:46.8 | then does something unspeakable. Carolyn flinches. The men playing checkers on the street all stop |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Airship | Noiser | Wondery, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Airship | Noiser | Wondery and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.