Emmett 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

Open Ended

 It only took the jury 67 minutes to make their decision. Why do you think it didn’t take longer?

Open Ended

What can you infer about the relationship between Emmett Till and Moses Wright?