Ben Chester White On January 5, 1899, Ben Chester White, an African American, was born. About sixty-seven years later, on June 10, 1966, White was shot and murdered near Pretty Creek in Natchez, Mississippi. His murderers were three hate-filled gunmen that were incorporated with the Ku Klux Klan, which is a group of people who believe that whites are more superior than blacks. The reason they wanted to murder White was to give Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a motive to come to Natchez, White had no involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, until his devastating murder. Ever since he was born, White spent most of his life working for a white family, on the Carter family farm around the east of Natchez. On the farm, he would tend to the cattle …show more content…
Fuller pretended to give support to giving equal rights to all black citizens, but it was all a trap to get White in their trap. Fuller chatted with White about African Americans having similar opportunities as whites, all of which, White agreed to. Near the end of their conversation, Fuller reached for his pistol, that was concealed from White 's view, but a fellow Klansman warned him that there would be too many witnesses around. They decided to wait until they had another chance to murder him. Ben Chester White lived a simple sixty-seven years. His life definitely did not deserve to end the way that it did. Perhaps White was just caught in a situation where he was unfortunately in the wrong place at the wrong time. His three murderers had no reason at all to sight the innocent man and decide to target him for slaughter, at the drop of a hat. There were forty casualties throughout the Civil Rights Movement. Each one has its own back story, but not all of them are known as much as they should be. Ben Chester White is one of those people, but once you know their stories, you 'll never want to let
Born in Sydney, Australia in 1973, Ben Quilty became an Australian icon, establishing himself in different occupations such as an Australian artist and social commentator. Some of his most prestigious wins are the 2014 Prudential Eye Award, 2011 Archibald Prize and the 2009 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. As a young child Quilty grew up in Kenthurst, in Sydney's north-west. Quilty now lives and works in Robertson, New South Wales.
He worked his first field when he was seven, he used only horse drawn implements. As well as milked their dairy cows. He lived on 5 different farms across Franklin County. He went to grade school in Princeton, before that he went to a one room school house in Princeton. He went to high school at Ottawa High School.
Benjamin Banneker was a huge self educated mathematician, astronomer, complier of almanacs and also a writer all at the same time. Benjamin Banneker was born on November 9, 1731, in Ellicott’s, Maryland. A free black man who owned his own property with a farm close to Baltimore, Banneker was very self educated in astronomy an mathematics. He was later called to help in the surveying of territory for the construction of the nations capital. Benjamin Banneker also became an active writer of almanacs and exchanged letters with Thomas Jefferson, politely challenging him to do to ensure racial equality.
Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy who was murdered while visiting relatives in money, Mississippi. In money, mississippi, he went into a store and was said to have whistled at a the store clerk (1). In source one, it said that he liked to play pranks and he was dared to ask the white cashier ,Carolyn Bryant, for a date. A few days later, Carolyn 's husband and brother in law went to Emmett’s uncle’s house, wear he was staying (1). In the middle of the night he was forced to carry a cotton gin fan to the Tallahatchie river, then he was beaten, got his eye gouged out, shot in the head, and thrown in the river, tied to the cotton gin fan.
Byron De Le Beckwith, Medgar’s assassinator, escaped trial once and then was convicted of the murder (“Medgar Evers Assassinated.” History.com. A&E Television Network). Bryon was one of the many members of the KKK. This was a group of all white Americans that discriminated, threaten, killed, lynched, hung, and beat African Americans; mainly during the Civil Rights Movement time.
The unfortunate events leading up to Emmett Louis Till’s death and unfair trial were for one reason only- he was black. “The word is some nigra boy from Chicago made ugly remarks and then whistled to Miz Bryant.’ The deputy chuckled. ‘Fool boy forgot where he was, and it’s a fact somebody’s sure to give that boy a talking to.
Living in Chicago, Emmett Till didn’t quite understand the dangers of living down south. While there Till and his cousins visited a shop. When Emmett Till was walking out, he supposedly whistled at the white woman working the counter. A few days later, on August 28,1955, this woman’s brother in law and husband hunted down Till and abducted him from his uncle’s home. These two white men beat Emmett Till and then proceeded to shoot him to death.
The blacks quickly dissolved its estimated about 100 to 200 blacks were killed when the rebellion fell apart. Nat Turner was captured on October 30, 1831 and taken to court his lawyer Thomas R. Gray quickly wrote down turner’s confession. When asked, turner pled not guilty thinking that he was doing an act of god. He later was put to death by hanging on November 11, 1831. Many of his followers died along with him and the others that survived hid away trying not to be found.
White supremascists Shawn Berry Lawrence Russell Brewer and John King started a major racial controversy by murdering James Byrd Jr. It came as a shock to people when, for the first time in history, the press bothered to notice the lynching of a black man in Texas, society was astonished that they cared with such passion and vigor. Many American citizens found this appalling considering the country’s indifference to racial violence. Had it not been for the lynching of James Byrd Jr., the Hate Crimes Prevention Act would not exist, therefore countless acts of brutality would take place because there would not be any rules or resistance impeding them from committing the crime.
John Brown was crazy and his plan was a failure. He killed many people therefore “He has been called a cold blooded murderer” (Source 1). The first person he killed was unfortunately a free black man. Source 12 states that, “The first man killed during the raid was Hayward Shepherd, a free black man working with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. ”
Destiny Simmons Henderson CRW 8 March 8, 2018 Medgar Evers A lot has happened. Especially in the 1960s. Great potestor, racial divide, new standards, etc. Some of the most popular topics that happened in the ‘60s is popular speeches.
April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his Mountaintop speech, “Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I 'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God 's will. … I may not get there with you.
The Rise of Daniel Hale Williams Daniel Hale Williams III was an extraordinary African American surgeon. Dr. Williams, the son of a barber, was a free African American born during the 1800s to Daniel Hale Williams II and Sarah Williams. Dr. Williams’ family was heavily impacted by the ongoing history at the time. Furthermore, Dr. Williams’ ancestors were slaves. Daniel’s ancestors on both sides were a mixture of European, Native American, and African American.
Introduction 1 Benjamin Franklin was always loved to read and write and it led him to his amazing accomplishments. 2 Some of his accomplishments he had were in all subjects that are in schools today. 3 His accomplishments consisted of the first battery, the bifocal glasses, and he made the Odometer.
Emmett Till was born July 25, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois and was killed August 28, 1955 in Money, Mississippi at the age of 14. He suffered serious consequences for telling a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, “Bye Baby” leaving out of a local corner store. Several days later Emmett was taken from his home by Bryant’s husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam, they beat and mutilated him before shooting him and sinking his body in the Tallahatchie River. Till’s body was