In the article “The Murder of Emmitt Till”, there are multiple signs of racism that appears in 1955 Mississippi; unjust killing, whites having more authority, and people of white skin were harsh to people of black skin. First off, Emmitt Till was murdered unjustly. He was killed because he was a “Black Guy” that flirted with a white girl. In the article it states, “ As he left, he said ‘Bye baby’ to Carolyn Bryant,” and in the next paragraph, “Roy Bryant, the owner of the store, and J. W. Miliam, his brother-in-law, drove off with Emmitt,”. This shows that Roy Bryant did in fact meant harm upon Emmitt for just flirting with the lady. If Emmitt was white, he would have been less extreme towards him, but because he was black he believed he
