What I Thought About the Movie

I felt terrible for Emmet Till. Just because he whistled to a white woman, he got tortured and killed. The way he was killed was horrifying! I wish that white woman wouldn't have told her husband, because then Emmet wouldn't have been killed. I think her husbad just freaked out over the fact that a black person whistled to his wife. I felt really bad for Emmet's parents. They must have felt so sad and angry at the people who were responsible for her son's death. I can't believe the men who killed Emmet had nothing done to them. They weren't even put in jail! Emmet's parents must feel so angry about that. Emmet was just 14 and he was killed for whistling at a white woman.

Do You Think Emmet Till's Mother Should Have Opened the Casket?

I think Emmet Till's mother should have had the casket open because it showed tons of people what happened to Emmet just because he whistled to a white woman. Just because he did that, he got tortured and killed. I also think by having the casket open, it showed what two men could do to a 14 year old.

2 Civil Rights Key Events-Emmet Louis Till

1. Civil Rights Act of 1957. The 1957 Civil Rights Act is passed during the Eisenhower administration starting the civil rights legilative programme that was to include the 1964 Civil Rights act and the 1964 Voting Rights Act.

The 1957 Civil Rights Bill aimed to ensure that all African Americans couold exersize they're right to vote. It wanted a new division (Civil Rights Division) within the federal Justice Department to monitor civil rights abuses. The Civil Rights act of 1957 was inspired by the murder of Emmet Louis Till.

2. President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The most sweeping civil rights legislation since reconstuction, the Civil Rights Act prohibits discriminationof all kinds based on race, colour, religion or national origin. The law also provides the federal government with the powers to enforce desegregation.

The Long Walk Home

In the movie The Long Walk Home starring Sissy Spacek and Whoppi Goldberg, the part that made me feel the most was when the sister got on a bus and it was boycott. Then, three guys got on the bus and started making fun of her. When the bus stopped, she ran off the bus. The guys were also kicked off the bus by the bus driver and they followed her. Then they cornered her and tried to beat her up. Right before the guys beat her up, her younger brother came and tried to protect her. He got punched and kicked by the three guys. Right after that the brother and sister's father came and scared the guys off. I can't believe that those guys would do that to the sister just because she was on the bus. She didn't do anything to hurt them. I felt really bad when the guys were calling her names and making her call them "sir" because that must have felt so humiliating.

Two Examples of Jim Crow Laws

Marriage:

Florida: Any negro man and white woman, or any white man and negro woman, who are not married to each other, who habitually live in and occupy in the nighttime the same room, shall each be punished by imprisonment not exceeding 12 months, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Entertainment:

Georgia: It shall be unlawful for any amateur white baseball team to play on any vacant lot or baseball diamond within two blocks of a playground devoted to the Negro race, and it shall be unlawful for any amateur colored baseball team to play baseball within two blocks of any playground devoted to the white race.

http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/remembering/laws.html

Municipal Swmming Pool

I think it's mean that in some public swimming pools, the pool would be open to white people about 5 days a week and for black people, the pool would be open to them only about 1-2 days a week. I think this is mean because the white and black people should have equal days to swim in the pool. I can't believe that in some pools, the day before the pool was open only for black people, the white people would drain out the pool, and use liquid chlorine to scrub the whole pool. I can't believe this because the reason they did this was because they thought the black people were unclean and the chlorine would kill any bacteria. Also, the white and black people couldn't swim together.

How Did Elijah Become A Man?

I think Elijah became a man when he stood up for what he believed in. When Mr. Turner offered Elijah ten dollars if he could rescue Little David, Elijah wouldn't take it. He said " You were offering 25 dollarsto the others" (p.101). They argued some more. Then Mr. Turner said " You think you worth 25 dollars ?" (p.101). They kept arguing until Elijah finally said " We ain't going until we get 35 dollars, cash money" (p.101). When Elijah stood up for what he believed in, I think he showed that he had become a man.