Getting Away With Murder Research Paper

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In the book, Getting Away With Murder by Chris Crowe, racism was acted on by a 14-year-old boy named Emmett Till who was gruesomely beaten to death by two supposed Ku Klux Klan members, Roy Bryant and J.W. “Big” Milam. One day Emmett Till supposedly was dared to go into Bryant's Grocery and “go get a date with her” (Crowe 51). That woman was Mrs. Carolyn Bryant, the wife to Emmett’s murderer, Roy Bryant. Emmett had also apparently whistled at her. This infuriated Roy Bryant. Bryant went to Emmett’s great-uncle, Mose Wright’s house and grabbed Emmett from the house. Then he proceeded to bring him to a local friend’s barn and beat him to death. This is what led to the death of Emmett Till. The following statement is by Roy Bryant and his

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