Emmitt Till
Madisynn Cassiere
English 9 period 5
The Lynching Of Emmett Till During the 1940s-1950s there was segregation between the whites and blacks. Because of this many things were life threatening to the African Americans. This included things such as flirting, disobeying, entering an environment labeled "whites only" etc. If one was to do the following they could get beaten, shot, spit at, tortured, and a lot more. On the 28th of August, 1955 in Money, Mississippi a boy named Emmett Till was murdered for flirting with a white women, this was unacceptable because of the segregation and the Jim Crow Laws. Emmett Till was a fourteen year old black boy. "He was born on July 25, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, the only child of Louis and Mamie Till" (Emmett Till bio 1). Emmett never met his father due to the fact that he was in the Army during World War II. (Emmett Till bio 1) Louis and Mamie didn't last very long after the birth of Emmett, they eventually split in 1942. She then found out in 1945 Louis was executed from the Army for willful misconduct while serving in Italy. (Emmett Till bio 1) Emmett was also called by his nickname, Bobo. He was a funny and high-spirited, kid living in a middle-class black neighborhood in the southern area of Chicago. On August 19, 1955 Emmett was getting ready to go visit his relatives in Money, Mississippi but before he left his mother gave him one of his father's ring. She was very reluctant to let him leave but finally gave in which would eventually be a fateful decision. They exchanged goodbyes and a kiss on the cheek as Emmett prepared to hop on the train to his death. He was now riding the southbound train, that was the last time he saw his mother. Eventually he reached Mississippi on August 24. When Emmett arrived in Mississippi it was like a whole new world, the segregation was far worse than anything in Chicago. On the 24th a couple days prior to his death he hung out with some of his cousins and friends outside of a
English 9 period 5
The Lynching Of Emmett Till During the 1940s-1950s there was segregation between the whites and blacks. Because of this many things were life threatening to the African Americans. This included things such as flirting, disobeying, entering an environment labeled "whites only" etc. If one was to do the following they could get beaten, shot, spit at, tortured, and a lot more. On the 28th of August, 1955 in Money, Mississippi a boy named Emmett Till was murdered for flirting with a white women, this was unacceptable because of the segregation and the Jim Crow Laws. Emmett Till was a fourteen year old black boy. "He was born on July 25, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, the only child of Louis and Mamie Till" (Emmett Till bio 1). Emmett never met his father due to the fact that he was in the Army during World War II. (Emmett Till bio 1) Louis and Mamie didn't last very long after the birth of Emmett, they eventually split in 1942. She then found out in 1945 Louis was executed from the Army for willful misconduct while serving in Italy. (Emmett Till bio 1) Emmett was also called by his nickname, Bobo. He was a funny and high-spirited, kid living in a middle-class black neighborhood in the southern area of Chicago. On August 19, 1955 Emmett was getting ready to go visit his relatives in Money, Mississippi but before he left his mother gave him one of his father's ring. She was very reluctant to let him leave but finally gave in which would eventually be a fateful decision. They exchanged goodbyes and a kiss on the cheek as Emmett prepared to hop on the train to his death. He was now riding the southbound train, that was the last time he saw his mother. Eventually he reached Mississippi on August 24. When Emmett arrived in Mississippi it was like a whole new world, the segregation was far worse than anything in Chicago. On the 24th a couple days prior to his death he hung out with some of his cousins and friends outside of a