Emmit Till Thesis

The NAACP closley matchs my views on American society because I believe in equality no matter what race, religion, color, etc.

On February 12th The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded by a multiracial group of activists, who answered "The Call," in the New York City, NY. They initially called themselves the National Negro Committee. Founded in 1909 The NAACP, or National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has been active in its attempts to break legal ground and forge better opportunities for African Americans. At the beginning in 1909, some twenty persons met together in New York City for the purpose of utilizing the public interest in the Lincoln Centennial in behalf of African Americans. The history, function, purpose, and current activities of the organization is important.to work on behalf of the rights of

Many people had different beliefs on what the NAACP really was. Northerners at the time believed that the NAACP stood as an organization that helped African Americans fight for the social rights. Northerners did not have as big as a concern on what the NAACP had to offer to the African Americans around the united States. On the other hand, the deep south believed otherwise. They understood the NAACP as being just a couple of white folks helping the African Americans in attempt of giving them social justice and in result destroy social and political order in the south. Southerners never the less were against all aspects of the NAACP and how they further supported African American economic,social and educational

Imagine never being allowed to go to school, eat at a restaurant or even use the bathroom. This was what countless African Americans were prevented to do on a daily basis. For many years, this type of racism was common in the United States. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP aimed to rid the nation of that racism. The establishing of the NAACP illustrates the intention of this organization. The NAACP underwent countless lawsuits to transform into what they are today. However, this association has failed a very important campaign, which was to end lynching once and for all. To further understand the NAACP, one must first learn about its founding, numerous trials, and one of its more important campaigns.

“The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.” This organization stands firm in its history to affect change in a society marred by misplaced loyalties and hateful actions.

However, this movement would not come without its fair share of violence and hatred. Plenty of resistance came from whites who believed their race was superior. The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) did the best they could in order to fight against this racism, starting their anti-lynching campaign in the 1930’s. While other organizations attempted to start campaigns like this as well, the NAACP proved to be the most influential organization during the civil-rights movement (Janken, n.d.). Perhaps the most detrimental organization towards this movement was one known as the Ku Klux Klan, also known as the KKK. The KKK were, and still are huge advocates of white supremacy and fought against more than just the blacks. They were/still are known to be hateful towards Jews, Catholics, immigrants, and many more (History.com, 2009). The KKK was responsible for countless crimes during this era. Blacks were lynched, houses were burned to the ground, and countless black families were torn apart. The KKK spread across and occupied nearly every southern states in the United States in the years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, despite all of this adversity, many blacks continued to protest and fight one way or another. This was the beginning of the monumental protests led by two of the most important and influential figures of the civil rights

One such group that is still around today is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Their mission is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. Groups like this were extremely important during the civil rights movement. They helped push for equal rights with in congress and to the public. Without groups like this black rights would have been much harder.

From America 's birth with the signing of the Declaration of Independence there have been few movements that have affected as many people as the Civil Rights movement. In a world where blacks were always seen as inferior, any other notion or conception of blacks was highly untolerated. Since Abraham Lincoln had freed the slaves in 1886, there had been no discernable change in the state of racial affairs in America. Not until Brown v. Board of Education ruled that schools should be integrated was anything done for help the plights of blacks. Even after Brown, the South met the changes with fierce and violent resistance. When CORE started their freedom rides, the activists were brutally beaten time and again by Southern whites opposed to change in their way of life. For many whites these were welcome changes that finally address the issue of racism and civil rights for all, but for the large population in the South the government telling them what to do did not sit well at all. These feelings of unrest caused many reactions from whites and blacks alike, but for whites in America these changes would rest deeply for years to come.

To protest segregation, blacks created new national organizations. The National Afro-American League was formed in 1890; the Niagra Movement in 1905; and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. In 1910,

Emmett Till was just a fourteen year old boy in 1955 when his life was viciously take from him. He had reportedly flirted with a white woman while visiting his relative in Mississippi. His attackers took him out of his family’s home in the middle of the night, and tortured him and then eventually disposed of his body in the Tallahatchie River. After his body was discovered, his mother insisted that his body be sent home to Chicago in order for the family to bury him. At his funeral, his mother had an open casket so everyone could see what had happened to her poor boy. Racial violence, as expressed through music, imaging, and poems, is a problem that continues even today and reflects America’s challenging history with slavery and segregation.

You claim you want to be equal. You claim we are all the same in the end, yet you use the color of you skin to prove you are higher in every field. That’s just the opposite. That’s just reverse racism. You want to be equal? Fight for it. African American history is precious and pure. It is not a card you play to get to what you want faster. Now disclaimer: If you walk into a facility of people who are racist, the playing field may change, that it is true. But if you, an African American are up against a Caucasian, equally, don’t use the color of your skin to justify anything. Groups known to have been discriminated play the race card to advance themselves. In 1996, there were only two black students in the country who received LSAT’s over 170 and had GPA’s of 3.75 or better. If one of these applied to a given law school, that

NAACP is near and dear to all people of color due to the strides made in the civil right movement, voting laws and just always believing in equality for minorities. Also bringing awareness to the general public on issues once dismissed or portrayed as cultural by force feeding issues to the public. All while continuing to remain peaceful although surrounded by inequality and injustice over and over again. This organization consistently displayed a magnitude of professionalism

For centuries, African Amerricans were treated badly. I took effort from everyone in society to maintain equality among blacks. Racism was so awful during the 1950’s and 1960’s, which resulted in killings and beatings. Emmet Till, one of all African americans

The gossip had eventually reached Carolyn Bryant Husband, Roy. Roy wanted to teach the boy a lesson by whipping him (find source). So at 2 am on Aug. 28, Roy, along with his half-brother John W. Milam, went to Till Great Uncles house and forced Emmett into their car. Then went to a tollhouse behind Milam’s place where they beat and shot him. During the time that Till was being Whipped in the barn Till had said, “You bastards, I’m not afraid of you. I’m as good as you are. I’ve had white women”, according to the two men. Milam said, “When a nigger gets close to mentioning sex with a white women he’s tired of living”. That being the moment that he decided to kill Emmett Till. They then tied a fan around his neck with barbed wire and threw him into the Tallahatchie River.

Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was visiting family when he was lynched on the 28th of August, 1955. Two men “accused him of having whistled at a white woman in a grocery store”(Latson) four days earlier. Unfortunately, Emmett Till came from a northern area and was therefore uninformed of the social rules in Mississippi. Because of this, he mistakenly acted in ways that were considered “improper” during the time. This error motivated the suspects who eventually “beat him nearly to death, gouged out his eye, shot him in the head, and then threw his body”(History. com). To kill a person so young and innocent was an appalling decision that the men made. This and other reasons caused many to believe that Emmett Till did not deserve his death.