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The Evidence
Characters
1950's
Emmett
Book Features
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Where was Emmett found?
Tallahatchie River
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Who is Preacher Mose Wright?
Mose Wright is Emmett's Uncle and this is where Emmett was staying when he was kidnapped on the night of the murder.
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What were the laws in the South that limited the rights of African Americans?
Jim Crow Laws
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Where was Emmett from?
Chicago, Illinois
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What was the author's purpose in writing this novel?
To inform readers of the history of the fight for equal rights for African Americans.
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How was Emmett's body identified?
By the ring he was wearing which belonged to his father
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Who were the two suspects of Emmett's murder?
Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam
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What was the name of the court case that stopped segregation of schools in the North and the South?
Brown vs. The Board of Education
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Would Emmett be described as Aggressive, Obnoxious, Shy, or Naive?
Naive
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Getting Away With Murder is organized using all of the following EXCEPT: primary and secondary source info, narrative and photographs, chronology, or charts and diagrams.
charts and diagrams
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What was tied to Emmett's neck with Barbed Wire?
A Gin Fan
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He locked up two key witnesses under false identities in another county during the trial.
Who is Sheriff Strider?
300
What event did Judge Tom P. Brady foreshadow in his book for White Supremeists, following the desegregation law, that would eventually come true?
Emmett's murder and other racists acts
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What pushed him that day to flirt with Carolyn Bryant?
His cousins egged him on to do it because he had been talking big prior to the event.
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What role do the photographs in the book play in telling the story?
The photographs are real pictures from the the time. They are rich in detail and focus the reader on the actions of the time.
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How was 18 year old Willie Reed's testimony important to the trial?
Willie Reed saw Bryant and Milam the morning after the events coming in and out of the shed where Emmett was beaten and shot. He also saw them riding in the truck.
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Who were J. J. Breland and C. Sidney Carlton?
Defense Attorneys for the suspects
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What did one Black newspaper declare the day of Emmett's verdict to be called?
Black Monday
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Explain who Emmett was prior to his murder.
Emmett was a caring boy who helped his mother make money by cleaning homes and carrying groceries. He was funny and loved to play baseball. He was somewhat naive because he did not understand the ways of the South having grown up in the North.
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Explain the Difference between a Primary and Secondary source.
Primary sources are firsthand documentations such as journals, letters, autobiographies, eyewitness testimony, and transcripts. Secondary sources are complied from other sources of information and include research papers, history books, even this book.
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How is racism reflected in Milam's and Bryant's actions against Emmett Till?
These two men tortured and killed Emmett for flirting with a white woman despite the harmlessness of the action.
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Who was the District Attorney for the state of Mississippi?
Gerald Chatham
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What are two examples of the Jim Crow Laws?
Blacks could not register to vote; Blacks must ride in the back of the bus and give up their seats to whites if needed
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Where was Emmett's Father during all of this?
He was deceased during WW2
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Give an example of a Primary Source and a Secondary Source from the text.
Any testimony given by a witness is a Primary Source; the book itself is a Secondary Source.