AASP 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Emmett Till

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: African American Studies
• Course: AASP 100
• Professor: Shane Walsh

Document Summary

Afte(cid:396) (cid:862) epa(cid:396)ate but e(cid:395)ual(cid:863: plessy vs. ferguson (1896): established separate but (un)equal in. America: sbe was applied to all public institutions. The murder of emmett till: from chicago, il, he was visiting relatives in money. Mi: hanging out with his cousins, they stopped into a local store where till exchanged words with the female grocery store worker there (carolyn. Bryant: her husband and half-brother broke into where emmett was staying (cid:894)at his u(cid:374)(cid:272)le"s house(cid:895) a(cid:374)d for(cid:272)i(cid:271)ly re(cid:373)oved hi(cid:373, they tortured, mutilated, and murdered him in the most grotesque manner, he was 14 years" old. Impact of emmitt till: an all-white jury acquitted the defendants, who later confessed to the killing in a raw, unremorseful confession of the crime in look. Magazine: one said that they had intended only to beat the teen, but decided to kill him when he showed no fear & refused to grovel, because milam and his accomplice had already been tried once for.