Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Honoring those before me - Emmett Till
Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African-American boy who at 14 years old was murdered in Mississippi after reportedly flirting with a white woman. Till was from Chicago, Illinois visiting his relatives in the Mississippi Delta region when he spoke to 21-year-old Carolyn Bryant, the married proprietor of a small grocery store. Several nights later, Bryant's husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam, arrived at Till's great-uncle's house where they took Till, transported him to a barn, beat him and gouged out one of his eyes, before shooting him through the head and disposing of his body in the Tallahatchie River, weighting it with a 70-pound (32 kg) cotton gin fan tied around his neck with barbed wire. His body was discovered and retrieved from the river three days later.
Till was returned to Chicago and his mother, who had raised him mostly by herself, insisted on a public funeral service with an open casket to show the world the brutality of the killing. Tens of thousands attended his funeral or viewed his casket and images of his mutilated body were published in black magazines and newspapers, rallying popular black support and white sympathy across the U.S. Intense scrutiny was brought to bear on the condition of black civil rights in Mississippi, with newspapers around the country critical of the state. Although initially local newspapers and law enforcement officials decried the violence against Till and called for justice, they soon began responding to national criticism by defending Mississippians, which eventually transformed into support for the killers. The trial attracted a vast amount of press attention. Bryant and Milam were acquitted of Till's kidnapping and murder, but a year later, protected by double jeopardy, they admitted to killing him in a magazine interview (in Look Magazine the Article titled "The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in Mississippi,". Till's murder is noted as one of the leading events that motivated the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
referenced from Wikipedia
Till was returned to Chicago and his mother, who had raised him mostly by herself, insisted on a public funeral service with an open casket to show the world the brutality of the killing. Tens of thousands attended his funeral or viewed his casket and images of his mutilated body were published in black magazines and newspapers, rallying popular black support and white sympathy across the U.S. Intense scrutiny was brought to bear on the condition of black civil rights in Mississippi, with newspapers around the country critical of the state. Although initially local newspapers and law enforcement officials decried the violence against Till and called for justice, they soon began responding to national criticism by defending Mississippians, which eventually transformed into support for the killers. The trial attracted a vast amount of press attention. Bryant and Milam were acquitted of Till's kidnapping and murder, but a year later, protected by double jeopardy, they admitted to killing him in a magazine interview (in Look Magazine the Article titled "The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in Mississippi,". Till's murder is noted as one of the leading events that motivated the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
referenced from Wikipedia
Sabbath Sermon in Review
Well this past Sabbath we had Pastor/Chaplain Barry Black to speak. He is the chaplain to the U.S. Senate. He had a really good sermon, the title was Surviving as Lambs in Wolf Country, and the points were
1. Release the power of prayer
2. Expect trials and difficulties
3. Travel light
4. Concentrate on the task
5. Take care of people's physical needs
6. Don't let rejection stop you
1. Release the power of prayer
2. Expect trials and difficulties
3. Travel light
4. Concentrate on the task
5. Take care of people's physical needs
6. Don't let rejection stop you
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