Discrimination was very prominent in the South. In the summer of 1955, Emmett Till was kidnapped from his home in Mississippi and lynched by two white men. When Till came from his diverse and mostly accepting city of Chicago, he did not understand the restrictions placed on African Americans and the dangers of being African American in the South. Although Emmett Till faced a fatal brutality due to racism, he sparked a movement for equality. Emmett Till’s early life was different than most black children of the time because of different opportunities throughout his life. TIll was born on July 25, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois to Louis and Mamie Till. Chicago was different than most cities in the 1950s because it was a majority black community. TIll took on many responsibilities of a young boy because his father was killed in World War I, and Emmett was an only …show more content…
One hundred days after Till’s murder. She refuses to give up her seat, which leads to the Montgomery bus boycott. Rosa Parks said, “ I thought about Emmett Till, and I couldn’t go back (to the back of the bus)” (Emmett TIll 4). Emmett Till’s murder helped to spark the Civil Rights Movement. towards racial equality and justice. Martin Luther King Jr. said that Emmett Till’s murder was one of the most brutal and inhuman crimes of the twentieth century. His death is cited as one of the catalysts for the civil rights movement (Pérez- Peña 2). Since the trial, Carolyn Bryant has said that the claims she made of Till grabbing her and being derogatory towards her were false. “True or not, her claims did not justify any serious penalty, much less death” (Pérez- Peña 1). Since then, her daughter-in-law said, “Nothing that boy could ever justify what happened to him” (Pérez- Peña 3). His case as recently been reopened because his family believes they can clear his name and finally get the justice he