The KKK and Emmett Till (HW4) Flashcards
what did the media coverage from some of the KKK cases do?
helped to raise awareness of civil rights
when were the kkk set up? after which event?
1865, after black slaves regained their freedom
where did the KKK mostly operate?
in southern states
which 3 main methods did the KKK use to terrorise black americans?
intimidation, lynching and murder
which group was ONLY allowed to join the KKK?
WASPs (white, anglo-saxon protestants)
what did they wear to conceal themselves? why were they difficult to detect?
hoods. many southern states’ law enforcement officers were apart of the KKK or sympathised with them
outline the events from the Emmett Till case: (4)
-14 y/o went to visit his family in Chicago in 1955
-Carolyn Bryant accused him of making sexual advances
-Her husband an half-brother abducted Till, beat him, shot him and threw his dead body into a river
-his body was found 3 days later
why did Till’s mother choose to have an open-casket funeral?
to showcase the sheer brutality that her son was subject to
what did Till’s funeral amass? what did this alert the north of?
widespread media attention which alerted the north of the treatment of black americans in the south
how was the murder trial reported and what was the outcome of it?
nationwide, the defendants were acquitted
what did the NAACP produce that year?
a booklet called ‘M is for Mississippi and Murder’ which outlined all the unpunished murders of black Americans in that year
