Review Of Hiram Hillburn's 'Mississippi Trial'

Accepting your responsibilities can be tough depending on the situation. It’s a part of growing up. For Hiram Hillburn from the book “Mississippi Trial, 1955”, it was hard. His responsibility came with the possibility of life or death. Hiram Hillburn did not accept his responsibility when it came to his friends, family, and society.
First of all, Hiram did not accept his responsibility when it came to his friends. For example, when R.C. beat up Emmett Till, Hiram did nothing to help him. He could've told someone or pulled R.C off of him, but he just stood there shouting words. Also, on their way to the Tallahatchie, before R.C. beat up Emmett, R.C. harassed Ronnie Remington. They had just pulled out of the driveway, and R.C. was making fun of him and being rude. Hiram did nothing but laugh. Ronnie's eyes got big and he was scared; all Hiram did was help mock him. Another time he didn't accept his responsibility to his friends was when R.C. was talking about going to …show more content…
Hiram did not agree with the verdict in the trial of Emmett Till’s murder. Milam and Bryant were found not guilty. He did not like this at all but he did nothing to show it. He could have spoken out against it in some kind of protest or something along that line and expressed his opinion on it. More people would listen to him than they would a black man. This also could have helped boost the start of the Civil Rights Movement so it would ha[[en a little quicker. Another thing he could have done was tell that Grampa was the 4th person involved with the murder. It would have helped Emmett’s mom and gave her a little more peace to know who he was and even though the verdict would probably remain the same, everyone would at least know. Regardless of this, society would hate Hiram for speaking out against white men to a Negro boy. He'd get called all sorts of names, harassed, and possibly killed. This would ruin life for him in the