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The Murder of Emmett Till

In August 1955 two Mississippians bludgeon and kill Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy, for whistling at a white woman; their acquittal and boasting of the atrocity spur the civil rights cause. (60 minutes)

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The Cancer Detectives

The fight against cervical cancer and three people whose work helped slash death rates from the disease by more than 60 percent. (60 minutes)