Emmett Till

Emitt Till

Learning Targets

   I can analyze the separate but equal doctrine and explain why these laws were unjust.      

 

I can use items about the civil rights era to build background knowledge about A Mighty Long Way/Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry.

Emmett Till

On August 28, 1955, while visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier.

Multiple Choice

Who was Emmett Till?

• He was an African American teen

• He was a white man

• He was a African American man

• He was mexican

Multiple Choice

Why did the jury acquit Milam and Bryant of the murder of Emmett Till? 

• The jury ruled that Emmett deserved to die. 
• Mose Wright identified Milam and Bryant. 
• The sheriff testified that there was no way to positively identify the body. 
• The racist jury sided with Bryant and Milam. 

Multiple Choice

Why did Mamie Till have an open casket?

• She wanted to show the people what the men had done to her boy. They beat him to the point where he was unrecognizable. 
• She wanted publicity for her boy 
• She wanted attention while mourning for her boy 
• She did not want an open casket she was forced to have an open casket

Multiple Choice

What happened to the two men that brutally killed Emmett Till?

• They received the death penalty

• Nothing, they were acquitted

• Life in jail, no parole

• They were murdered

Multiple Choice

What decision did Emmett's mother make that impacted the Civil Rights movement?

• Spoke out on the news

• Testified in court

• Had an open casket funeral

• Marched in Mississippi

Multiple Choice

Why was Emmett Till in Mississippi?

• To visit his family

• To go on vaction

• For school

Multiple Choice

Where did Emmett Till die?

• Richmond

• Alabama

• Money, Mississippi

• New York City

Multiple Choice

Where was Emmett Till born?

• Richmond

• Chicago

• New York