Emmett Louis Till Trial

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Emmett Louis Till was a 14 year old African American teenager from Chicago who was brutally murdered in Mississippi and was found three days later in the Tallahatchie River. Till was accused of whistling at a white woman and because of that he was kidnapped from his uncle’s house by three men, two which were brought to trial and one that was never found. The two men who were accused of murder were Roy Bryant and his half-brother J. W. Milam. Till’s case is consider the next phase of the Civil Rights Movement.
Mississippi Trial 1955 by Christopher E. Crowe is a book about a boy named Hiram Hillburn who meets Emmett Till and experiences the trail. Hillburn had always agreed on how Whites treated African Americans that's how he raised and that was the best he knew. In 1955 segregation of African Americans in the south was an everyday life situation, it has always being that way since they could remember and it was expected to keep that way. One day Hillburn receives shocking news, the boy he consider a friend had being murdered and Hillburn unfortunately starts seeing the hateful racism of the South.
Christopher E. Crowe was born in May 28, 1954 in Danville Illinois and is currently a counselor at Provo Utah Edgemont South Stake presidency. Crowe served as an english professor at Brigham Young University, Himeji Dokkyo University and Brigham Young University Hawaii. He also specialises in young adult literature, Crowe is the author of many books …show more content…
The story is of a young boy named Emmett Till who was brutally murdered at such a young age, this is an event that Americans should know and this book is the perfect setting to introduce this sad and painful story. It also helps with the vision on how the south was in 1955 and also a better view of segregation. It is a book that keeps readers interested as they read and at the same time
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