Emmett Till Case Emmett Till was just 14 years old when he was tortured and killed. Emmett Till was killed by two white men in 1955 in Sumner, Mississippi. His murderers were found innocent by a jury of all white men. Of all the events fighting for Civil Rights the one that Kickstarted the major fights was the brutal torture and murder of a 14 year old boy by the name of Emmett Till. As a child Emmett Till was your average every day kid. In Chicago on July 25, 1941, Louis and Mamie Till had their first and only child Emmett(Crowe 37/38). Emmett liked the same things as all other kids he liked baseball, kickball, basketball actually he pretty much liked every sport there was. He even had a childhood nickname which was “Bobo”(Crowe 38). As
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On a Sunday, a few weeks after they arrived in Sumner, Mississippi, Emmett was attending a church where his uncle preached. Him and his cousin got hungry so they snuck out of the church and took his uncle’s pickup. The they made their way to the Bryants store, which was located in Money, Mississippi. They went in and I got them something to drink and eat. Then they went out to the front porch and Emmett started telling stories about his life in Chicago and how he has been with a white women before. One of the boys in the crowd told Emmett “ You talkin mighty big, Bo. Dare you to go talk to the pretty little white woman in there in the sto” (Crowe 51). That dare would be the last one Emmett ever did. When Emmett was in the store no one could hear what he and the women was talking about. Then they heard a noise so Emmett’s cousin ran in and grabbed him and pulled him out of the store and into the pickup. As they were pulling away Mrs. Bryant ran out with a pistol and aimed at the boys. Right at that time Emmett let out a whistle, but no one knows why some people say he was whistling at the women other say it was to cope with his stuttering problem. As they made their way back to the church Emmett begged his cousins not to tell there uncle because he was afraid to be whooped by him. Emmett and his cousin thought Emmett was going to be ok because a few weeks later nothing had happened yet. On …show more content…
As a boy Emmett probably never planned to play such important role in the fight for Civil Rights. After his death letters poured into the White House demanding justice for Emmett’s killers. Protest were erupting all over the country and that’s when trial activists used the momentum to gain support(Crowe 108). Emmett’s mom started traveling all over and giving speeches about white hate crimes on blacks. His death incited Rosa Parks to not give up her seat to the white man who told her to move. Which led to the Montgomery bus boycott. He also inspired Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolent protest(“The Murder of Emmett Till”2). Emmett Till’s death had such an impact on the Civil Rights movement that no one could have seen coming. By throwing that case in trying to protect the southern way of life all they did was awake a storm that could not be stopped. In doing that all they did was endanger their way of life not protect it. Eventually it would be extinct in a few more year making all men colored or not
On a Sunday, a few weeks after they arrived in Sumner, Mississippi, Emmett was attending a church where his uncle preached. Him and his cousin got hungry so they snuck out of the church and took his uncle’s pickup. The they made their way to the Bryants store, which was located in Money, Mississippi. They went in and I got them something to drink and eat. Then they went out to the front porch and Emmett started telling stories about his life in Chicago and how he has been with a white women before. One of the boys in the crowd told Emmett “ You talkin mighty big, Bo. Dare you to go talk to the pretty little white woman in there in the sto” (Crowe 51). That dare would be the last one Emmett ever did. When Emmett was in the store no one could hear what he and the women was talking about. Then they heard a noise so Emmett’s cousin ran in and grabbed him and pulled him out of the store and into the pickup. As they were pulling away Mrs. Bryant ran out with a pistol and aimed at the boys. Right at that time Emmett let out a whistle, but no one knows why some people say he was whistling at the women other say it was to cope with his stuttering problem. As they made their way back to the church Emmett begged his cousins not to tell there uncle because he was afraid to be whooped by him. Emmett and his cousin thought Emmett was going to be ok because a few weeks later nothing had happened yet. On …show more content…
As a boy Emmett probably never planned to play such important role in the fight for Civil Rights. After his death letters poured into the White House demanding justice for Emmett’s killers. Protest were erupting all over the country and that’s when trial activists used the momentum to gain support(Crowe 108). Emmett’s mom started traveling all over and giving speeches about white hate crimes on blacks. His death incited Rosa Parks to not give up her seat to the white man who told her to move. Which led to the Montgomery bus boycott. He also inspired Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolent protest(“The Murder of Emmett Till”2). Emmett Till’s death had such an impact on the Civil Rights movement that no one could have seen coming. By throwing that case in trying to protect the southern way of life all they did was awake a storm that could not be stopped. In doing that all they did was endanger their way of life not protect it. Eventually it would be extinct in a few more year making all men colored or not