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Mississippi Trial Thesis

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Have you ever thought about how times were back then and how racism affected many of people? Well let's take a trip to the deep south Greenwood Mississippi, where there lived a boy Emmett Till. The story of Emmett Till shows how injustice and unfair it was to African Americans. It also shows the trial and how the murderers were treated. In the novel, Mississippi Trial, 1955, by Chris Crowe, Hiram's view of racism has changed from the first time he was in Greenwood till when he left the second time to go back to Arizona. First, let's go away from the book and talk about how and what racism was really like back then. Back then in the deep south there were many things wrong on how African Americans were treated. “When they …show more content…

When Hiram first ever went to Greenwood when he was a little kid he never wanted to leave. But, he wants to go back when he is sixteen years old. Hiram's dad warns him that Greenwood is not the same anymore. When Hiram gets off the train he meets ruthane and bobo. “Now you pick up hiram things… I'm too tired to be carrying someday elses old b-bags.” “ Thats ok ruthane.” I said. “ I can handle my own things. …” (Crowe 49) Hiram sees a little glimpse of how racism was and how they made African Americans do all the work.
Finally, Hiram finally realized what has changed in Greenwood and what racism is like. By the end of the story Hiram now realizes what has changed about Greenwood with the killing of Emmett Till. Emmett was just a little African American boy who was just living his life. One day R.C. Rydell and his friends were told about Emmett supposably whistling at a white woman. Later, in the week Emmett was found dead in the Tallahatchie river. “ Some people were terrific, but a lot of them, I didn’t know, seemed to have meanness in them. They were friendly and all that, but…” “They weren’t very nice African Americans.” (Crowe 228) When hiram gets home he realizes what has changed but, he doesn’t think very much about it he just wants to reflect on the good and positive things that

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