Why did the lynching of Emmett Till take place? What effect did it have on the civil rights ...

Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Explain that Emmett Till was a Chicago black native who went to Mississippi to visit relatives, and flirted with a white woman in a grocery store.
2. Note that he was killed by two white male relatives of the woman.
3. Explain that a legal case ensued after which the two white men were acquitted despite obvious evidence of their guilt before a white jury.
4. His body was shown to the public in Chicago where it made a media impact that reached the black public which was angered at the miscarriage of justice.
5. Conclude that this murder fed the flames of black discontent and helped steel blacks to the necessity of non-violent protest.