Speaking Outline Topic: The murder case of Emmett Till Purpose: To inform the audience about how horrific Emmett’s murder was and how the case itself served as injustice. Intro: Imagine living in the time where Jim Crow laws were at its peak. Just think‚ not being able to hold the door open for a lady who has hand full of groceries or even communicating with the opposite race. Imagine being a 14 year-old black male at this time. For those of you who don’t know what it’s like to be black in those
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In 1955‚ Emmett Till‚ a 14 year-old boy‚ went to a grocery store with his cousin‚ where he bought a piece of candy‚ and left the store. Emmett stayed in the store and talked to the white woman‚ Carolyn Bryant‚ running the counter‚ shortly after the woman walk out the store‚ Emmett wolf whistle at her‚ and then ran away with his cousin. A few days later‚ the woman husband‚ Roy Bryant‚ came back from a business trip‚ the woman told her husband about what happened‚ days later‚ Roy Bryant ‚ his brother-
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Emmet Till was a fourteen year- old boy brutally murdered on August 24th 1955. When he repeatedly flirted with a white cashier at a grocery store. Four days later Till was kidnapped by two white men‚ J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant‚ who were brothers‚ they beat him and shot him dead in the head. The white men were approved for murder‚ although‚ a bias‚ white-all male jury freed them. Till’s open casket funeral aroused the emerging Civil Rights Movement. In my opinion‚ Emmett Till was a naïve young boy
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Emmett Till was a 14 year old colored boy from Chicago‚ IL. He lived there with his mother who grew up in Mississippi‚ a very segregated state. His father was not around much because he was in the service‚ but he left his mother a ring that had his initials engraved into it. One of Emmett’s family members who still lived in Mississippi wanted Emmett to come stay with him for a little bit. Emmett’s mother was nervous because she knew of the segregated ways of the south‚ nothing like Chicago. She warned
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Emmett Till was an African American boy born on July 25‚ 1941 in Webb‚ Mississippi. When he was two years old‚ his family and he moved to Illinois‚ Chicago. He practically grew up with his mother‚ Mamie Carthan Till; she had separated from his father in 1942. Now‚ keep in mind that during this era‚ segregation was still present in some states although the Brown V. Board of Education ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional in 1954. However‚ the court ruling did not stop de facto—African
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during this time‚ but these poems symbolize what happened. The poems I chose tell the story of how the people felt when everything was going on during the 60’s. The first poem is‚ Emmett Till by James A. Emanuel written in 1968 at the end of the decade. Emmett Till I hear a whistling Through the water Little Emmett Won’t be still. He keeps floating Round the darkness‚ Edging through The silent chill. Tell me‚ please‚ That bedtime story Of the fairy River Boy
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Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy living in Chicago with his mother Mamie Till. He went to visit his relatives of Money‚ Mississippi with his uncle Mose Wright‚ not realizing how serious racial prejudice was in the South. During his visit‚ Emmett was accused of harassing a local white woman and several days later he was abducted by the relatives of the local white woman‚ Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam. They brutally beat and killed Emmett before dumping his body into a nearby river. This
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Emmett Louis “Bobo” Till‚ a 14 year old African-American boy was murdered after potentially flirting with a white store clerk in Money‚ Mississippi. Mamie Bradlie‚ his mother gave birth to Emmett on July 25‚ 1941. Louis Till‚ Emmett’s father‚ was executed by the U.S Army after committing two accounts of rape and one of murder in Italy. Life was hard dealing with being a single mother‚ Mamie and “Bo” lived at Mamie’s mothers house in downtown Chicago. Despite the tough times with her husband‚ Mamie
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The incident with Lil Wayne and Emmett Till really got me concerned about this generation and since this is the month of February‚ which is Black History Month‚ what better time for me to actually talk about it. Let me state that I have never liked Lil Wayne or the tripe he puts out. Call me a hater (which is hardly the case)‚ but I find him to be everything that is wrong with current rap today: no positivity‚ no respect‚ and no skill. In one of the lyrics to his song Karate Chop‚ Lil Wayne described
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the murder of Emmett Till. Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy from Chicago. He went to Money‚ Mississippi to visit his uncle and cousins. While in Money‚ Emmett Till and one of his cousins went to Bryant’s grocery and meat market to buy some bubble gum. While his cousin was away‚ Emmett supposedly sexually harassed her and went behind the counter to touch her. His cousin claimed later that this was untrue. They left the store when Carolyn Bryant went to her car to get a gun. Emmett than whistled at
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