The Death of Emmett Till

Bob Dylan's interpretation of the Murder of Emmett Till. For the 2008 SHP conference workshop

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Education

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• bob
• dylan
• foxburg
• emmett
• till

[Torbon8372]

I wonder how many young black men have been killed by other black men since 1955? 300,000? The US averages 15,000-20,000 murders a year. Black men commit the majority of American murders despite only compromising 6% of the American population. People who obsess over the Till case really need to get a life. This happened over 60 years ago. How many blacks were murdered by other blacks last night in Detroit?

[Foxburg]

@Torbon8372 I'm stunned by your spectacular naivety, not only do you misunderstand the context, but you suggest that as it is not current it should be dismissed. Benedetto Croce - "All history is contemporary history"

[Foxburg]

Happy Birthday Bobby 

[JimiHendrix574]

Those guys ever go down or not?

[Foxburg]

@JimiHendrix574 - NO, double jeopardy, they were found not guilty , thus even though they later admitted to it, they could not be tried again for the crime.

[girl9loucah]

I think it's really great that musicians worry to show to the world the truth about the reality, they really can show reality to people who had no idea about the world that we live. Bob Dylan has done a great work. I love this song. And Hurricane also. They're not just songs, they make us think, and for some even, to act.

[Zowyla]

@Torbon8372 I feel you. I'm from Detroit and discovered it is the second most dangerous city in the world under Iraq. It's sad that it's being a 80% black city, in addition to the fact of all the massive churches, the winans, the clark sisters, greater grace, Keith bulter, ect. Now that I've moved to Philly, it's no better, when you got black men shoot up a bus full of people just a some bitch lied about someone confronting her about abusing her child. What did we do to God?

[freshy5928]

i think that's ridicolous dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm  i am emmet tills cousin

[adamc1407]

@Torbon8372 you miss the point. he was killed becase of his colour. He had the temeriy of whisling at a white woman..

[markus310]

@Torbon8372 what is your point? that emmett till's murder is now acceptable because of how many other black people have died since? or is your point that it doesn't matter about emmett till's death because he was black and that black people do this to themselves?? either way your facts and figures only make you look more naive. maybe you should assess the racial demographics in the poorest, most crime ridden areas in the U.S and maybe think a little bit more about why....

[freakness94]

@Foxburg well said my friend. well said.

[CreativityInMyHeart]

@ATHEISTCAVEMAN Actually he was 14 and not 8

[Mspendragon72]

@Torbon8372 ..fuck you!!

[ATHEISTCAVEMAN]

@Torbon8372 You missed the point dip shit, two fully grown men tortured, beat and murdered a defenceless 8 year old boy purely because he was black and then got away scott free. Do you have a child or younger simbling? Image it was them beat, tortured and then killed by two grown men, you'd want their heads on stakes, And rightly so...

[MsKoolascanbe]

The record should be set straight. JW Milam & Bryant were LATINOS NOT WHITE!!!. I am tired of everyone dumping their crimes at the white man's door!!!! Latinos passed for white before the civil rights movement. Most of them were the most racist, to prove they were "white". During JIM CROW the public facilities were "WHITE ONLY" and COLORED ONLY". The cowardly Latino as usual passed for white. You will never hear of "LATINO ONLY" facilities during segregation in this country. DO YOUR RESEARCH!!