The Terrible Murder of Emmet Till and the Civil Rights Movement

Chris Crowe, this was the reality for Emmett Till, a black teenager who was kidnapped and brutally murdered for whistling at a white woman in Greenwood, Mississippi. In Mississippi Trial, 1955, Chris Crowe uses history by including key historical events about Till’s trial to demonstrate the racism and prejudice faced in the South. In the novel, Mississippi Trial, 1955, the main character, Hiram Hillburn is visiting Greenwood, Mississippi when Emmett Till gets murdered. After his body is found in the

America into the 1960s. They had no voting rights and a legal system that was biased against them. Emmet Till was 14 years old when he was brutally murdered by two white men after Till wolf whistled at a white lady. Although testimonies from eyewitnesses identified them as the murderers, they were acquitted because they were white and Till black. There is no question in my mind that if Till was white, the killers would haveI been convicted. But since Emmet Till was black, his death considered inconsequential

in the south and is invited to give a speech at a gathering of the towns leading white citizens. Then the young man is made to take place in a battle royale with nine other young black men. Where they are treated very poorly and forced to endure terrible hardships. After taking part in the battle the young man gives a speech in front of a predominantly white crowd where he slips and says something that disturbs the crowd, the young man quickly corrects himself and then is praised by the people as