Emmett Till

then burn them in front of their families to. Even if there were witnesses to the murders they couldn't do a thing about it, since black people could not testify in court and Caucasians would mostly side with the racism. For example the case of Emmett till, a 14 year old boy that was brutally murdered by a group of white men in mississippi for allegedly flirting with a white woman. He was beaten to death and thrown into a river so his body would become…

The Melting Pot was written by Adrienne Rich in 1968. She was an American poet. Taken from poets.org, she wrote poetry collection like The Diamond Cutters (Harper & Brothers, 1955), Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law (Harper & Row, 1963), Leaflets (W. W. Norton, 1969), and the others more. In that 1960s poetry, the content of her poem explores about women’s role in society, racism, and the Vietnam War. One of that is The Melting Pot (1968), its content is about racism. On each stanza, this poem…

use their preconceptions about the victim based on their skin color rather than looking at the situation as a bigger picture. Historically, the justice system is biased towards people of color. With cases that date back to fifty years such as Emmett Till and more recent cases such as Trayvon Martin. These are cases when there is more than enough evidence to convict the defendants, but the verdict is “not guilty”. In The Coming of John, John kills a white man for raping his sister. He was…

In the case of Medgar Evers, he was a prominent NAACP field secretary, called for a new investigation into the Emmett Till Case; and was tragically killed in his driveway. The death of Evers was quickly responded to by FBI Agents, after a detailed investigation found that Byron De La Beckwith, a white segregationists and founding member of the Mississippi White Council, guilty of killing Evers. However, instead of filing for federal charges, the FBI handed the case over to state court in Jackson…

Looking through the eyes of Essie Mae, growing up as an African-American in the south was anything but easy. Within her household, she was relied on heavily from a very young age to contribute, as her father wasn’t the bread winning type. Essie Mae started to notice that she was viewed differently because of the color of her early in her life. It was very apparent that white people held control purely because they were white and could hold the fear of death over the heads of African-Americans.…

Racism “Uncle Atticus lets you run around with stray dogs that’s his business, like Grandma says, so it ain’t your fault if Uncle Atticus is a nigger-lover besides, but I’m here to tell you it certainly does mortify the rest of the family.” (118). This quote shows that even little kids had some kind of racism, even back in the 1930’s and even further back than that. Racism will always be around you, if it is against whites, blacks, Asians, or any other race. People will never change, that’s the…

Fifty years ago, Harper Lee had the kind of success that most writers only dream about:Shortly after her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 11, 1960, it hit the best-seller lists. In 1961, it won a Pulitzer Prize, and in 1962, it was made into an Academy Award-winning film. It has never gone out of print. Lee stepped out of the limelight and stopped doing interviews years ago -- and she neverwrote another book. Still, her influence has far outlasted most writers of her…

“You can kill a man, but you cannot kill an idea.”- Medgar Evers (brainyquote). In the 21st century, people are not discriminated by color of skin, race and religion. However, these rules were not in place during the 1960s. Blacks were assaulted and killed by major lynching groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan. In order to prevent social injustice, there were many black civil rights activists, such as Medgar Evers. These activists had a lasting impact on the lives of black citizens. These fights…

In the United States, every eight hours an American Citizen is killed by police. From May 2013, over 3,136 people have been killed by the police. In 2014, 1108 people were killed by police. In 2015, 1,202 people were killed by police officers. While ninety percent of citizens are indicted for killings, police are only indicated one percent of the time. Almost two billion dollars a year from taxpayers go towards police misconduct. Black Lives Matter, is a necessary movement by African Americans,…

Clay Sr., who Muhammad was named after. He had one sister and four brothers that always keep him on his toes at home. Muhammad grew up in a racial environment, and was denied a drink at his local grocery store because of his color. When his friend Emmett Till was murdered,…