Emmett Till http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/23296/all en Belafonte and MSNBC's Hayes Invoke Emmett Till Murder Over Trayvon Martin Shooting http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/belafonte-and-msnbcs-hayes-invoke-emmett-till-murder-over-trayvon-martin-shooting <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/brad-wilmouth">Brad Wilmouth</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><img style="float: right;" src="http://www.mrc.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium_280_x_158/images/2013-07-26-MSNBC-AI-Belafonte.JPG" alt="Media Research Center" title="Media Research Center" class="imagecache-medium_280_x_158" />As singer and liberal activist Harry Belafonte appeared as a guest on Friday's<em> All In</em> show, MSNBC host Chris Hayes brought up Civil Rights Movement-era murder victim Emmett Till and wondered if Trayvon Martin's death would have a similar "catalyzing effect" in a "civil rights struggle."<br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/belafonte-and-msnbcs-hayes-invoke-emmett-till-murder-over-trayvon-martin-shooting" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Politics All In Chris Hayes Emmett Till Florida Harry Belafonte MSNBC Racism Trayvon Martin Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:26:10 +0000 44127 at http://archive2.mrc.org