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Emmett Till and Trial of his Alleged Killers

  • Start of Great Depression

  • Radio

    The radio started to take off in the 1930's with swing music and brocasting events.
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    America During the Times of Emmett Till

    In the 1940's television was first brocasted by the BBC in color, and television was becoming very popular.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected President

  • Start of WWII

  • Prohibiting Racism

    President Franklin D. Rosevelt prohibited racism in the national defense industry.
  • Emmett Till was Born

  • End of WWII

  • Boom in Television

    After the war, it was common for almost everyone to have a television.
  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    The desegregation of schools was now passed as a law.
  • Martin Luther King Jr

    Martin Luther King Jr become more active for civil rights after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
  • Emmetts Murder

  • Rosa Parks Arrested

    Rosa Parks was arressted for refusing to move while seated in the "white" area of a bus.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passed