Mississippi Trial, 1955: Reflection
This story discusses about the murder of Emmett Till, and the trial. The story is about how Hiram, confronts racism in the South from his point of view. He was always annoyed from his civil-rights father ever since he was little boy. He was always with his grandfather’s in Greenwood, until he was moved from there to Arizona. At the age of 15, he was enabling to go back and visit. When he arrived back to Greenwood he notices most workers are colored people. When he got off the train station Ruthanne orders Emmett to carry his bags out to the truck. He doesn’t like how he sees things on the South and stands up to his beliefs. He changes his view on his grandfather, and now understands why his father, and grandfather …show more content…
Ethics, family, friends and getting to understand others. A theme of the book The Mississippi Trial,1955, is to do what is right. In this story Hiram thinks he knows something about a murder that happened in Greenwood, Mississippi. Hiram has two choices: He can say to the jury everything he knows and put the killers in jail, and possibly get beaten for it. Or he doesn’t say anything and be safe. You should always do the right thing, even if you could place yourself in a dangerous position.
Another theme is to not judge a person by its color. Crowe (2002) writes, “‘Let’s not have any trouble, R.C.,’ I said. ‘I was just giving Emmett our leftovers.’ ‘Givin’ our lunch to a nigger?’. . . R.C shoved him in the chest. ‘White folk don’t share nothin’ with colored, boy. Nothin’” (pp. 90-91). R.C is Hiram’s friend, but R.C didn’t want to share the leftover food just because he was black. It gives an idea on how black men, women, and children were treated in the …show more content…
In the case of Emmett Till, the trial was unfair. It was three men that were on the case. Two men testified that they kidnapped and released the boy, unharmed. At the end the judge declared both men not guilty. This is gave a spark to beginning of the Civil Rights movement. That’s when people started to protest, boycott, and fight to get equal rights. Thanks to the case of Emmett Till, it inspired many to stand up and fight for what is right. It gave the courage for Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and Rosa Parks to speak out. If the Civil Rights never happened, we would probably still be separated into African-Americans and
This story discusses about the murder of Emmett Till, and the trial. The story is about how Hiram, confronts racism in the South from his point of view. He was always annoyed from his civil-rights father ever since he was little boy. He was always with his grandfather’s in Greenwood, until he was moved from there to Arizona. At the age of 15, he was enabling to go back and visit. When he arrived back to Greenwood he notices most workers are colored people. When he got off the train station Ruthanne orders Emmett to carry his bags out to the truck. He doesn’t like how he sees things on the South and stands up to his beliefs. He changes his view on his grandfather, and now understands why his father, and grandfather …show more content…
Ethics, family, friends and getting to understand others. A theme of the book The Mississippi Trial,1955, is to do what is right. In this story Hiram thinks he knows something about a murder that happened in Greenwood, Mississippi. Hiram has two choices: He can say to the jury everything he knows and put the killers in jail, and possibly get beaten for it. Or he doesn’t say anything and be safe. You should always do the right thing, even if you could place yourself in a dangerous position.
Another theme is to not judge a person by its color. Crowe (2002) writes, “‘Let’s not have any trouble, R.C.,’ I said. ‘I was just giving Emmett our leftovers.’ ‘Givin’ our lunch to a nigger?’. . . R.C shoved him in the chest. ‘White folk don’t share nothin’ with colored, boy. Nothin’” (pp. 90-91). R.C is Hiram’s friend, but R.C didn’t want to share the leftover food just because he was black. It gives an idea on how black men, women, and children were treated in the …show more content…
In the case of Emmett Till, the trial was unfair. It was three men that were on the case. Two men testified that they kidnapped and released the boy, unharmed. At the end the judge declared both men not guilty. This is gave a spark to beginning of the Civil Rights movement. That’s when people started to protest, boycott, and fight to get equal rights. Thanks to the case of Emmett Till, it inspired many to stand up and fight for what is right. It gave the courage for Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and Rosa Parks to speak out. If the Civil Rights never happened, we would probably still be separated into African-Americans and