PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Question
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Emmett Till, a black boy from Chicago, who was in Mississippi visiting his cousin’s grandfather, Mose Wright, was accused of ____
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____ using a “Whites Only” bathroom.
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____ whistling at a white female store clerk.
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____ fighting with a white man.
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____ leading a voter registration drive.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the summer of 1955, 14-year-old African-American Emmett Till had gone on vacation from Chicago to visit family in Money, Mississippi. He was shopping at a store owned by Roy and Carolyn Bryant-and someone said he possibly whistled at Mrs. Bryant, a white woman.
Detailed explanation-2: -A Chicago native, Till was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, when he was accused of harassing a local white woman. Several days later, relatives of the woman abducted Till, brutally beating and killing him before disposing of his body in a nearby river.
Detailed explanation-3: -Just over one week before, on August 20, Emmett had traveled by train from Chicago to Mississippi to spend two weeks visiting family.
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