They Murdered Emmett Till 7/11/19

Many of the blacks who lived here were part of the great migration north. In the summers many people would come back to visit the South. As they came back home, they were reminded of the do's and dont's of this very dangerous area. Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was in those shoes as he traveled back here from Chicago with cousins. Emmett whistled at a white woman. The events that unfurled from that incident included getting pulled out of his grandfather's house in the middle of the night, beaten and killed.
His cousin Wheeler had come down from  Chicago with him and was in the house when he was taken. We listened to the events from him today. Also in attendance was Devery Anderson, a man who wrote a book about the incident and a pastor from Sumner. Our group sat in the Sumner court house, the very same place where the trial took place.
I cannot begin to explain the emotion of the day. Emmett's murderers were found not guilty even though after the trial they admitted they killed him.
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Sumner Courthouse

Emmett's cousin Wheeler and I