Jim Crow Laws / Emmett Till
Emmett Till
14-year-old boy who was murdered for whistling at a white woman.
Conductor
A code word used by people involved in the Underground Railroad to talk about a person who helped slaves escape.
corpse
A dead body.
Constitution
A document stating the basic laws of a nation or state.
Emancipation Proclamation
A law passed in 1863 that ended slavery in the Confederate states.
Jim Crow
A white man who dressed up and acted like a black man for entertainment before the Civil Rights Era.
Chicago
Emmett Till's home
Mamie Till
Emmett Till's momma
Moses Wright
Emmett Till's uncle who he was visiting in Money, Mississippi.
perseverance
Never giving up
fugitives
People who are running away.
Lynching
Public murders carried out by mobs.
Jim Crow Laws
Racial segregation laws that existed between the Civil War and the 1960's.
harsh
Severe or cruel
abolitionist
Someone who aided those slaves into freedom, even at risk of being caught.
catalyst
Something that causes a change.
$4,000
The amount of money paid to Bryant and Milam to tell how they murdered Emmett Till.
Money, Mississippi
The home of Emmett Till's uncle and the place where Emmett was murdered.
5
The number of days Emmett's momma kept his body on display.
Tallahatchie River
The place Emmett's body was found.
Found not guilty
The result of the trial of Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam.
Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam
The two half-brothers who murdered Emmett Till.
Carolyn Bryant
The white woman at whom Emmett Till whistled.
acquit
When a court finds someone not guilty.
Double Jeopardy
You cannot be retried for a crime in which you have already been found not guilty.
