Emmett Till's Murder Thesis

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Emmett Till’s murder tells the people that racism is inhuman, unjust, terrifying, hateful, and disgraceful, to the African American community. I believe the progress has been uneven in the U.S when talking about moving beyond the conditions that prevailed in the 1950’s, however the changes has been moving in a forward motion to embrace all people.
Till’s murder showed how much hate the whites had toward the African American people and how inhuman the whites were. Stated in the Documentary “ The Murder of Emmett Till” enforced by law, black men were not allowed to look at white women and if a white women said a black man did look at her, there were consequences for that man. There was no empathy nor sympathy shown during the entire investigation

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