Emmett Till was a child anyone would love because of his sense of humor and his outgoing personality. Emmett Till was only fouteen years when he was brutally murdered in Mississippi. His murder was so malevolent, that, his mother requested to have an open casket funeral just so the public could see just how the nefarious acts of racism and injustice emerged in the south. There was about 50,000 people who viewed Emmetts Body. This explains the disparagement of African Americans of the of the segregated south! "Jim Crow" gave the permission for this terrible act of malignent behavior towards the people who technically who built this nation but becuase of the color of their skin, were treated inhumanely. The jusitice system was so discombobulated that years after Emmett's death, Mammie reopened the case, after the murderer's we aquitted previously, tried to get justice for her son and due to racism remained useless. Emmett Till will always be an example of how the practice of racism arise. African Americans should look at Emmett Till life story and understand what racism can cause. Meaning, that though we don't see racism as did the 1960's, it is still existant today.
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