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The Pain Of Freedom
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Martin Luther King “The King of Civil Rights Martyrs” never induced violence. Ironically, he was shot and killed as he stood up for his beliefs. King was a famous martyr of the Civil Rights movement, however there were many people of various races and cultures who were killed for their for involvement in this movement. Why was it so difficult for a society to accept that an African American could have the same rights as a white person, and why did heroic martyrs have to die standing up for their beliefs and right to be accepted? There are 40 in all listed on the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. These are some of the bold martyrs that died trying to change the future of this country from the American nightmare to the American dream. Emmit Till was a black boy at the age of 14. Emmit had just left Chicago and was staying with his favorite cousins in Money, Mississippi. As Emmit lay in bed on that hot night in 1955, a pick-up truck with two men pulled up at Emmit’s great uncle’s home. The two men forced Emmit in to the truck. Emmit went on a journey from which he would never return. Back in Chicago Emmit spent his time helping his mother with regular duties of the day or with elderly people, usually giving teachings on religious matters. Before Emmit went to visit his uncle, Emmit’s mother had informed him of the vicious discrimination and inhumane treatment of blacks in Mississippi and other southern states. She warned him that if he were to pass a white woman he had to look down and not say a word. Emmit failed to do this as one evening he said to a white women “bye babe” as a dare in a store. In these modern days this would never result in anything violent, but just as his mother feared, Emmit faced horrible consequences for this innocent word. There seemed to be a fine line in which white supremacist were just waiting for any black person to cross. Emmit Till had crossed this line at the expense of his life.
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Title: The Pain Of Freedom
Words: 1767
Rating: None
Pages: 7.1
submitted by: lrambo
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