BOB Simeon's Story
why did they want Emmett's body buried in Chicago?
Aunt Alma and Mamie Till Bradley asked the Mayor Richard R. Daley to have hid body returned to Chicago and buried
Who is BoBo?
BoBo is Emmett Till.
'I wonder if mom sensed that one day we would be victims of a kidnapping and murder". Why do you think Simeon thinks that?
He thinks that because the say that kidnapping is very dangerous down there now.
Why did Emmett's mother want to have his casket open during the funeral?
She wanted to show the world what they did to her son for whistling at a white woman.
Who is Simeon?
Simeon is 's cousin who was a witness to Emmett's disappearance.
what does it mean when he says " I was so excited he didn't know what to do"?
That meant he probably haven't seen BoBo in a long time, and really missed him.
" When I was coming of age....... the Ku Klux Klan and night riders were apart of my life". What does that mean.
That meant that they had to always be careful and hearing about death from one of them wasn't a surprising thing.
How did Emmett Till die?
White people came in the house in the middle of the night dragged him out and put him in the water.
why do you think Simeon asked Emmett " what would you be doing if you didn't come to visit us".
`that means that he was really concerned about what he would do in spare time.