Emmett Till: the murder the propelled the civil rights movement In the early 1900s, racism was about as common anything you could imagine throughout the southern states. The white people had the authority over the black people, however the blacks and whites that were against racial discrimination, grew tired and angry of this and decided to do something about it. This was called the civil rights movement. There were many events some small and some big but, the murder of Emmett Till was certainly a big event considering its effect and what happened. He had a strong background connection to the south, especially with his civil rights affiliation with a very long,dc lasting impact. Born and raised in Chicago was Emmett Till, but he has a strong connection to Mississippi and the south (Kolin). Though his mother was born in Mississippi, she grew up in illinois and had limited exposure to Mississippi. Till was just the same (Kolin). Yet they have relatives that live in the mississippi delta (Kolin), and he was visiting his uncle Mose Wright near Money, Mississippi(Kolin). While he was there something tragic happened. Emmett was buying some candy from a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, at her husband's store. As Emmett was leaving, he whistled at …show more content…
Also, a novel was based off of Emmett Till which happens to be a leading novel was written in 1992 called Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine (Kolin). . Since Till’s death, several composers have memorized Till in their music and songs (Kolin). Devery S. Anderson was a writer of another book that tells the story of Emmett Till. Anderson tracks the effort of lawyers, filmmakers, civil rights activists, and till's family in building interest in his murder, and these things lead to an investigation of the FBI nearly 50 years prior to the murder (Howard). Till still today gives readers of his story the challenge that his legacy won’t be forgotten once more