Comments on: Mr. Till

By: Nigern Ebony

Nigern Ebony — Sat, 01 May 2010 08:59:01 +0000

Now looking back to this it makes me sick that a human being cuold do this to another person.
I myself have a son and if this was to happen to my child i cannot even imagine.
Growing up, kids will do stupid things but the death as punishment just leaves me speechless.
Glancing at the picture of Till’s mutilated body just brings tears to my eyes.
Emmett Till, you were a big part in the civil rights movement.
Rest in Peace.

By: Khidd Barbieee

Khidd Barbieee — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:38:41 +0000

Man This Stuff Was So Wrong. Now I Really Understand Why My Mother Is Always Telling Me About What Blacks Went Though. But I Mean He Was Only 14 Years Old. He Didn’t Know Any Better. It Hurts Me To Look At This Because He Was My Age When He Died. And For His Mother Not To Even Know Who He Was, That Is Bad That He Got Beat That Bad.

By: Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:10:33 +0000

What I always wonder is what if a white boy did that to a black woman? Would whites think that they should be beat, tortured, and murdered? This story is so sad. It is very upsetting that is happened in this GREAT country. I just don’t understand how this could happen to a BOY. It is just plain wrong….and ridiculous.

By: Kyle Rynard

Kyle Rynard — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:56:09 +0000

Emmet Till was a young man with a whole life ahead of him. He was visiting his grandfather in Money Mississippi when he simply whistled at a white women (as were told). But he was not lynched….. Lynching is being hung, Emmet was drug out of bed, beaten, sexually assaulted, tied to a fan, and thrown in a river. The men that committed the crime said they felt they had to kill him because Emmet would not say he was scared of them because they where white. These type of actions would make me feel ashamed to be a white man living during the civil rights movement…….

sincerely, a 17 year old high school student

By: Alee Cole

Alee Cole — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:00:27 +0000

I’m doing a research project on Emmett Till for FLC and this is a very grevious sight to see. Present day, whom ever did this would have been sent to jail for such a crime as to murder a 14 year old boy of different race. It sickens me with sadness to see that face in the casket that does not even look like the poor boys face.

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:04:07 +0000

Still very horrible when I think about what happened to him. It is still sad to say but even today there are still battles to be won against racism. Looking at this event makes me feel like some young people now days do not fight for what is right. There are to many things going on which we turn our backs to, it makes me feel like carrying on the legacy which people fought for blood,sweat, and tears. My grandma wasthe sae age as Emmett when he was murdered, 55 years..that wasnt that long ago. I believe that change is made when people hold onto the values and changes that those before us believed in. There are hundreds of thousands of people who were murdered before, during, even after Jim Crow. I realize how lucky we are now days but there is still work to be done. Don’t forget those who fought for truth, love, honesty, and respect. Never take ANYTHING for granted and change comes followed by action. The death of Emmett spiked the start of the Civil Right’s movement..let us not forget what battle his family and others had to face to get us this far. The rest is in God’s hands.

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:04:07 +0000

By: Tired of racist people

Tired of racist people — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:35:37 +0000

I don’ t think it was wrong what he did those were just some racist whites and it stil some that lives today. It is no way that they would get away with it these days they all know better

By: bacari

bacari — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:46:51 +0000

This is sick,they are so burning and the deepest part of hell. Who could come up with so many ways to kill a 14 year old. I mean still to this day it pisses me off. And then the whites got away with it. Im digusted, just looking at Emitt’s picture makes me want to cry. My grandmother says she went to his funeral in Chicago IL, and she said when she went up to view his body, she said she drop to the ground and cried. How sad but if white people hated black people that much why did they have brown or black items,they wore and have things that was the color black?? this is sick people write back on what you think bye im done!!!!

By: Black America

Black America — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:00:18 +0000

Upon leaving the store, Emmett allegedly whistled at Carolyn Bryant, wife of Roy Bryant, the owner of the store. At this time a black man whistling at a white woman was an unforgivable act. Three nights after this alleged act, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam woke young Emmett out of his sleep and ripped him from his bed. Several days later, Emmett’s body was found floating in the Tallahatchie River, unrecognizable, with the exception of a ring he was wearing, and a seventy-pound fan tied to his feet. The condition of Emmett’s body was horrific: he was so badly beaten that his tongue was hanging out of his mouth, one of his eyes was gouged out, his teeth were knocked out, the bridge of his nose was smashed in, and he had been shot in the head.

i pray for emmett till i hope he is in a better place. no wait i know he is in a better place.