8 Quotes by Simeon Wright

In conclusion, here's my advice to aspiring writers, journalists, and future lawyers - or anyone planning on working in the communications field: if you want an accurate account of any story, go to the primary sources. They know what really happened.

If we can get somebody on the witness stand it would bring some closure. If Keith hadn't come along with his film, the Emmett Till case never would have been reinvestigated.

If we can get somebody on the witness stand it would bring some closure, ... If Keith hadn't come along with his film the Emmett Till case never would have been reinvestigated.

He chased me for three years, ... He convinced me that what he was after was the truth.

I was with him in the store and I was with him in bed when he was taken. Overnight everything was changed. Innocence was gone. Things I experienced that night, I never even dreamed of happening. It had a negative effect on my life but I made the best of what I had. I didn't let it destroy me.

I was the one to identify the ring that was taken off the body, ... Those who didn't believe it are holding their head in shame now.

It scared us out of our wits, ... Man, we couldn't get into the car fast enough.

The family can't do anything. It's up to Mrs. Chiles now and the state of Mississippi that's been given a rare chance to redeem themselves. They claim that they have changed. We're gonna see. We're going to stand back and watch what happens.