Yesterday in class (3/6/13) we watched a movie on the murder
of Emmett Till. Emmett was brutally murdered by two men for whistling at a
white woman. After Emmett Till’s death his mother, Mamie Till, decided to show
his body publically because she wanted everyone to know what happened to him,
the public was very angry that something this horrific happened. Several people
fainted after seeing Emmett’s body. Emmett
Till’s murder showed that blacks were still being targeted and something needed
to be done, Emmett’s death sparked the Civil Rights movement.
Today in class (3/7/13) we talked about the Montgomery Bus
Boycott. At this time African Americans were being forced to sit in the back of
the bus, while whites sat in the front. The African Americans fought back and
boycotted the bus business, this was a success. The bus business lost a significant
amount of business because almost all the bus’s customers were African
American.
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