This assassination of Emmett Till was not justified considering that he was black, didn't have rights as a citizen, and wasn't aware of the danger that came from his actions; but the white population would've considered his actions as a threat to their society. Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was from Chicago, Illinois and lived with his mother and no father. But the life that he lived or that many lived as a negro male and female wasn't easy because they had experienced segregation and knew that getting themselves in trouble with a white person could be dangerous but didn’t know how dangerous it would be because they knew that they would be punished for things that white people would not get punished with. Segregation back in the day was hard for those that were born in a slave state or a free-slave state and even people that came from a black family were treated unequally because of their appearance. …show more content…
Having to live and experience all the remarks made by people that were racist and didn't like black people going to places that were made for colored people only and then later switched to public places made people angry. Emmett was known to be a very bright student who liked to make people laugh and just having a good time. Visiting Mississippi in 1955 was not something that was planned by his mother or himself, he wanted to go with his uncle and be with his cousins for a while to spend some time with them. His mother was unsure about letting him go, she knew that segregation was much worse in Mississippi than it was in Chicago but gave
Emmett Louis Till was 14 year old black boy from Chicago, who had never been to the south and did not know what went down in the south. Emmett’s father Louis Till was killed in WWII. His mother Mamie Till was a single mother that worked long hours. Emmett was going down to Mississippi to visit his uncle and his cousins (Mamie Till). According to his mother he was a nice cocky boy that loved to talk. This gives us a little insight of how lightly Emmett would take his visit to the south. Also according to his family he was childish, playful, and mischievous (Mamie Till). Now knowing how Emmett Till acted it is easier to see who he was and why he did the thing he did.
The picture of Emmett Till’s brutalized body haunts me every day of my life.I was ten in the 5th grade when my teacher decided to show the class a film that showcased all the events leading up to the civil rights movements.The film talked about the case by only using images from his funeral .When Emmett Till’s body popped up on the screen The thought of a body that was once youthful was brutalized and turned into a what now looks like a monster.Maybe to the oppressor, Emmett Till and people alike will always be monsters.What do you think Emmett Till’s body symbolized for the generations of black people whose lives were put on hold because of the fear of their life being taken at any minute?Just Five years after his
The Emmett Till murder shined a light on the horrors of segregation and racism on the United States. Emmett Till, a young Chicago teenager, was visiting family in Mississippi during the month of August in 1955, but he was entering a state that was far more different than his hometown. Dominated by segregation, Mississippi enforced a strict leash on its African American population. After apparently flirting with a white woman, which was deeply frowned upon at this time in history, young Till was brutally murdered. Emmett Till’s murder became an icon for the Civil Rights Movement, and it helped start the demand of equal rights for all nationalities and races in the United States.
During the Emmett Till trial, it shocked many white people in many parts and it became an international news story. White people come together again in order to continue fighting after a defeat to the defense of the men who had kidnapped and brutally murdered Emmett Till. Many people stood up who had never stood up before due to the irritation cases of Emmett Till.
Despite the 14th and 15th constitutional amendments that guarantee citizenship and voting right regardless of race and religion, southern states, in practice, denied African Americans the right to vote by setting up literacy tests and charging a poll tax that was designed only to disqualify them as voters. In 1955, African Americans still had significantly less political power than their white counterparts. As a result, they were powerless to prevent the white from segregating all aspects of their lives and could not stop racial discrimination in public accommodations, education, and economic opportunities. Following the 1954 Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, it remained a hot issue in 1955. That year, however, it was the murder of the fourteen-year-old Emmett Louis Till that directed the nation’s attention to the racial discrimination in America.
Even though whites and blacks protested together, not all of them got punished in the same ways. Even though it wasn’t folderol committed by either race, racists saw it as this and would do anything to keep segregation intact. Sometimes, the whites would be shunned, by society, and not hurt physically. While the blacks, on the other hand, were brutally kille...
He had broke a social custom of associating with white women,but there was no need for him to die in the way he did. In the South there were no laws to protect him.Emmett Till 's death or define it as vile, inhuman, and disturbing. The South believed that black men were rapist and they could be in contact with white women.
The Scottsboro trial of 12 young African American boys over the alleged rape of rape of 2 white girls was completely unjust, because of lies, ignored the facts, and racism. For example, the first thing to remember is that the boys were put on trial for “raping” two white girls on a train in Tennessee. The girls claimed that the boys made 6 of the 7 seven white boys on the train jump off, then the boys assaulted the women. First of all, during the trial, Victoria Price gave a testimony that crucified the boy, and yet getting sympathy from the jury. Her testimony was not the same as the other girl’s, Ruth Bates. When this happened no one went back to check if any of their stories were true. This was unjust, because in normal cases, without racism, there
King and others got treated during this time. The Jim Crow laws basically said that these acts were okay and they were strict laws in the South, whites didn’t want blacks to have any power. Dr. King made speeches in the South and everywhere to influence people that these were wrong doings towards the black society and U.S. citizens. Even though whites seen blacks as lazy and dumb, Dr. King proved them wrong because all his speeches and had a message to it. When Eugene “Bull” Connor ordered the fire department to turn high power hose on the blacks and have them attacked by dogs; the blacks never gave up. Reporters videotaped this horrible tragic and when the nation seen this they were furious; that’s when the ears of the Americans began to
In the movie “The Murder Of Emmett Till”, there was a 14 year old boy that got dragged out of his house, beat to death, and thrown in a river all because he whistled at a white women. This is being prejudice, the word prejudice means(opinion that is not based on reason or actually experience). Many other evil things happened back in the 1900’s. A person can experience evil without becoming evil because someone won’t always do evil things just because they have experienced evil.
It is rare for a victim of a hate crime to get the justice they deserve. During the 1950s, the establishment of Jim Crow Laws in the South were extremely fixated on racial disenfranchising African-Americans. Mississippi was no exception, in that they glorified the Old South more than any of their fellow southern states. Young and independent Emmett Louis Till went to Mississippi to visit some relatives over the summer. 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, tormented, and murdered, after he reportedly flirted with a white woman who went by the name of Carolyn Bryant. The death of Emmett Till at the hands of his racially motivated killers, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, was brought to light in their confessions. Even with the undisputable incriminating
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” The Martin Luther King Jr. assassination was unjust because he was a civil rights activist who supported nonviolence and ended segregation. Some people say Martin Luther King Jr assassination was justice because he cheated on his wife and he was too powerful.
It goes on to saying the nation was unexploited on such an assault. That only showed destruction and the tragic loss of life doesn’t happen in America. A prominent scholar by the name of cornel west has a totally different view of this situation. He professed that America has been in the word “Niggerized”. To African American we known what it was meant to be part of random and senseless violent acts. America comes from the background of lynching. The practice of lynching in the U.S is an event that every scholar continuously analyze. Where did the motivation of lynching a race come from? What is the reason for this hatred and outrage violence towards once race? This act was used for providing immediate justice and trying to speed up the legal process, to know used for a punishment to people behavior that wasn’t socially accepted. Don’t get me wrong lynching wasn’t the only methods they used to punish slaves. They had very inhumane ways of punishments for example brandings, shootings, and floggings and many
Nowadays it doesn’t seem right to mistreat someone and kill them for who they are and the color of their skin. Race relations have changed a lot since the 1930’s to now. African Americans have a lot more respect than they used to. There are still always racism issues throughout the world, but that is just society. In the 1930’s, blacks were hung, mistreated, and weren’t respected at all. They could never find jobs and were always accused of something they could’ve done or even if they didn’t do it. They were used as slaves for such a long time just for the difference in their skin tone. Today, they are respected much better than they
Racial discrimination in this time period was a very crucial issue. This case should have never happened. Why were these men murdered for fighting for what they believed in? The civil rights act of 1964 was a prime example of what should have been done before these men were murdered and all of these executions might have been prevented. To this day racial segregation, religion and other forms of discrimination still go on but something is being done about it. Innocent people are not being murdered because of three men who lost their lives due to discrimination. Even though these men are gone it is because of their death that people are still fighting for equality.