Although the North was progressing with the integration of black people, the South was holding out strong going against integration. The South did a lot of things to hold segregation to their tradition. They were scared to change. This essay will show how the South lived before the Emmett Till case and the Civil Rights’ Movement, also what the South did to resist integration, and lastly how the town of Money,Mississippi, worked together so two killers did not get convicted for a murder of a black forteen-year old boy.
The Southern states were very cruel, brutal, and they did not care for the black people at all. Once the South heard about the case of Brown v. Board of Education and the ruling of the Supreme Court, the Southern states were in fury. They would do anything to stop the desegregation of black people. In the book it states that Judge Tom Brady attempted to blame integration on Communism, “Brady’s book included a chilling prediction. After a lengthy description of how integration was a Communist/Socialist plot to destroy America.” (pg. 31)
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All the evidence showed that they killed Emmett. They beat Emmett Till his whole face was disconfigured, then they shot him in the head and threw him into a river with a cotton gin tied to Emmett’s neck with barbed wire. The two men were not very liked throughout the community, but the town supported them because they were scared of what might happened if they did get convicted. The town was scared that black people would get their rights and would be above whites. So the town supported Milam and Bryant. On page 105 shows Milam and Bryant celebrating with their wives because they won the case. Everyone, even the authorities helped the killers not be convicted, but after the trials everybody knew they did wrong and shunned Milam and Bryant out of the
The Southern states were very cruel, brutal, and they did not care for the black people at all. Once the South heard about the case of Brown v. Board of Education and the ruling of the Supreme Court, the Southern states were in fury. They would do anything to stop the desegregation of black people. In the book it states that Judge Tom Brady attempted to blame integration on Communism, “Brady’s book included a chilling prediction. After a lengthy description of how integration was a Communist/Socialist plot to destroy America.” (pg. 31)
Everything that Brady said about the black …show more content…
All the evidence showed that they killed Emmett. They beat Emmett Till his whole face was disconfigured, then they shot him in the head and threw him into a river with a cotton gin tied to Emmett’s neck with barbed wire. The two men were not very liked throughout the community, but the town supported them because they were scared of what might happened if they did get convicted. The town was scared that black people would get their rights and would be above whites. So the town supported Milam and Bryant. On page 105 shows Milam and Bryant celebrating with their wives because they won the case. Everyone, even the authorities helped the killers not be convicted, but after the trials everybody knew they did wrong and shunned Milam and Bryant out of the