Emmet Till Case

Watching “13th” was a confirmation of what I already knew. The institutionalization of black men is another form of slavery; it’s just the legal way to do it. Black men were perceived as dangerous and criminals from the moment they were “freed” slaves. They were targeted, feared and lied on as the years went on. A major example of this was the story of Emmet Till. Emmet Till was a 14-year-old black boy from Mississippi. He was lynched in 1955 over an accusation of whistling at a white woman named Carolyn Bryant Donham. 62 years later, Donham recently admitted that her accusations against Emmet Till were false. Although there wasn't any proof to begin with in this case, Till was wrongfully killed because of his skin color. After the freeing of the slaves began the rise of the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan, better known as the KKK, is a major terrorist group based off the idea of an all white nation. White supremacists, open and closeted, have been the leading cause of the deaths and incarceration of black men. The fall slavery of became the rise of segregation. Blacks were separated, tormented, and were treated as lesser. These actions were protected by Jim Crow Laws, which started in 1877.

Between 1984 and 1990, was known as the “crack epidemic”. During this time black males were at the highest homicide rate, black women were experiencing low-birth weight babies and fetal deaths, and many black children were experiencing life in the foster care system. Crack finding their way into black communities was another way for people to label us as criminals. It is said that Ronald Reagan was the reason for crack being placed into our communities. He was also a big contributor to the imprisonment of black