Emmett Till’s murder was one of many causes for social unrest and the Civil Rights Movement. Can you think of similar catalysts for social movements then or now? What do these events have in common? *
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Emmett was accused of whistling and making advances at a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in a store. The men who killed Emmett were acquitted by an all-white jury of the murder, causing an uproar around the country; Emmett's death is now seen as one of the key moments in the civil rights movement.At a church on the South Side of Chicago, Emmett Till's mutilated body would be on display for all to see. Fifty thousand people in Chicago saw Emmett Till's corpse with their own eyes. Emmett Till, a 14-year old African-American boy, was murdered in August 1955 in a racist attack that shocked the nation and provided a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement. A Chicago native, Till was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, when he was accused of harassing a local white woman.Milam were armed when they went to Till's great-uncle's house and abducted the boy. They took him away and beat and mutilated him before shooting him in the head and sinking his body in the Tallahatchie River. ... Till's murder was seen as a catalyst for the next phase of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Famous Sayings That Became Catalysts For Social Change. “Give me liberty or give me death!” “Take it to the streets” “Sit-in” “Love it or leave it!” “Burn your draft card” “Burn your bra” “Raise a fist/Black Power” “Occupy/We are the 99%”Social enterprise emergence from social movement activism: The fairphone case. Journal of Management