Emmet Till Summary

William Gradford Huie tells the story of Emmet Till In his paper The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in Mississippi.” His paper starts by introducing Carolyn Holloway, who is a 21, five foot tall, white women. She owns a story with her husband in Mississippi. Her husband never leaves her alone in their store and always has a pistol just in case something happens. One night Carolyn’s husband was gone and her friend did not come to help her close. She was all alone. As she was closing, in comes a 14 year old, 160 pound black boy form Chicago. This boy names Emmet Till, also know as Bobo, was out with a group of black kids. He was bracing about his white lady back home, so the boys wanted to see him try and pick up this pretty white women. He went into the store and started to flirt with her. Till pushed it a little to far, because Carolyn got scared and grabbed her husbands pistol and shot him in the ear. Emmet and the boys managed to get away. A little while later a man named Milam, Carolyn’s friends husband, decided to get back at him for what he did. He pulled Till to a cotton gin where he made him pick up a heavy, metal fan. Milan took Till to a river bank where he barbwires …show more content…
It was gruesome and sad, but that is not why I liked it. I have heard the story of Emmet Till before, but have never heard it in detail. This cleared up a lot of questions I had and misconceptions I had heard. It was entertaining. It was a a well written story with great dialog. I also liked it because it made me think about how unfairly some people are treated for something they can not control. Like there skin color or there gender. It is sad to think that people are automatically judged for that. It has helped me realize that I need to be more open, understanding, and caring about people with different biological genes. I love passages that tell a story, but have a meaning that really makes you think. That is what I thought was so great about this