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− | '''The Death of Emmett Till''' is a song by American musician and Nobel Laureate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan Bob Dylan], telling about the murder and trial of a 14-year-old African-American young man. Emmett Till was killed by two white men, reportedly after flirting with a white woman on August 28, 1955. In 1962, Dylan first performed the song <ref>https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/death-of-emmett-till-by-bob-dylan<ref> and apparently the song which is also known as ''The Ballad of Emmett Till'' never appeared on Dylan’s studio albums. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Emmett_Till</ref> | + | '''The Death of Emmett Till''' is a song by American musician and Nobel Laureate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan Bob Dylan], telling about the murder and trial of a 14-year-old African-American young man. Emmett Till was killed by two white men, reportedly after flirting with a white woman on August 28, 1955. In 1962, Dylan first performed the song <ref>https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/death-of-emmett-till-by-bob-dylan</ref> and apparently the song which is also known as ''The Ballad of Emmett Till'' never appeared on Dylan’s studio albums. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Emmett_Till</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:52, 8 January 2021
The Death of Emmett Till is a song by American musician and Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan, telling about the murder and trial of a 14-year-old African-American young man. Emmett Till was killed by two white men, reportedly after flirting with a white woman on August 28, 1955. In 1962, Dylan first performed the song [1] and apparently the song which is also known as The Ballad of Emmett Till never appeared on Dylan’s studio albums. [2]
Key Lyrics
This song is just a reminder to remind your fellow man
That this kind of thing still lives today in that ghost-robed Ku Klux Klan
But if all of us folks that thinks alike, if we gave all we could give
We could make this great land of ours a greater place to live [3]