Emmett Till: Crash Course Black American History #34

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  • Опубліковано 21 вер 2024

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  • @Kiah4Pandas
    @Kiah4Pandas 2 роки тому +707

    my grandfather and his mother (my great grandmother) actually went to the funeral. it is something that has stayed with him his entire life and a story he tells us all. thank you for making this video!

  • @mesp25
    @mesp25 2 роки тому +380

    “Look what they did to my boy”. As a parent I couldn’t imagine. Mamie is a hero

  • @rodolfoolmos9503
    @rodolfoolmos9503 2 роки тому +551

    Learning about history can be heartbreaking, but it's important to remember the atrocities people have done. Thank you for this series! One of the best in crash course.

  • @chrisamoure
    @chrisamoure 2 роки тому +161

    The story of Emmett Till never fails to make me shed a tear. What happened to him was just so tragic, no child should ever go through that. People can be so disgusting, and cruel.

  • @erraticonteuse
    @erraticonteuse 2 роки тому +447

    My school taught us about the murder of Emmett Till, but not about Mamie. The more I learn about her, the more convinced I am she should be as much of a household name as Rosa Parks and MLK.

  • @cashmilla
    @cashmilla 9 місяців тому +33

    I didn’t know about Emmett Till. I’m grateful to know his and his mother’s name now.
    We in Europe are so uneducated on American segregation and we propagate it here as a consequence of ignorance.
    Thank you for educating people all over the world about the terror of racism.

  • @avocadosmile3522
    @avocadosmile3522 2 роки тому +109

    I didn’t realize that happened on 1955. My dad was born in April of that year and will be 67 this year. I’m 30 years old this year. It’s crazy how recent this was. I never thought about that. Wow

  • @angstyyaksha5842
    @angstyyaksha5842 2 роки тому +63

    History forgotten is history doomed to be repeated. Thank you for shining light on this absolutely heartbreaking case.

  • @RedLogicYT
    @RedLogicYT Рік тому +76

    Carolyn has passed away today. She was never punished. Sad.

  • @vic3roy
    @vic3roy 2 роки тому +163

    Clint! I attended your presentation over zoom for Monroe Community College! Thank you so much for going over the heinous and unjust murder of Emmett Till, this is an important part of Black American History.

  • @malic_zarith
    @malic_zarith 2 роки тому +36

    There is no punishment too extreme for men who do something like that to a little boy.

  • @jalennelson6008
    @jalennelson6008 2 роки тому +131

    This story hits deep. I've known about this for a long time but the evil of that crime still is alive and well!

  • @Shona100
    @Shona100 2 роки тому +99

    I think a detail the video left out was that the body of Emmett Till was also burned and set fire to along with shooting and hanging him, etc. Truly gruesome 😭 but the video really got it’s point across from how chilling the event was with having only his voice as the only noise

  • @asprywrites
    @asprywrites 2 роки тому +38

    When I started watching Crash Course two years ago, I never expected to encounter one that would make me cry.

  • @MarthaMoreno-tc5jd
    @MarthaMoreno-tc5jd Рік тому +14

    And the criminals were unpunished !!🤬🤬🤬

  • @edwinramirez1019
    @edwinramirez1019 2 роки тому +143

    I hope this series will also cover the assassinations of Black Panther leaders. It never came up in any curriculum that I was in, including at the university.

  • @yawpitchroll
    @yawpitchroll 2 роки тому +122

    Brilliant video, and well done for emphasizing so eloquently how very close this “history” really is.

  • @ty_teynium
    @ty_teynium 2 роки тому +52

    I heard he would be 78 or so today. He could've still be alive today, along with most others who've lived during those times! It's wild! How so many years and days pass, and yet the past, is still only recent. Indeed, only a few miles away.

  • @basilegituranya5168
    @basilegituranya5168 2 роки тому +41

    "let the people see what they did to my boy"

  • @calie-annecaz5474
    @calie-annecaz5474 2 роки тому +52

    How awful i can feel his mothers pain. Her expression just screams hurt anger u can see her broken heart 💔

  • @johne.coughlan6824
    @johne.coughlan6824 2 роки тому +44

    The problem is it still around today. Like the Fed EX driver who was shot, because he was in the "wrong" neighborhood recently.

  • @grenade4500
    @grenade4500 2 роки тому +19

    The fact that the news only published this story after it became popular and not even when it occurred really is sad

  • @thegreenrose147
    @thegreenrose147 Рік тому +16

    Watched this video earlier this year and it broke my heart (this story will never cease to get to me, I have an eternal sore spot for this poor baby 😢). Coming back now, after the passing of his accuser, to take a moment to reflect on this beautiful boy and how HE deserved to see the age of 88, as well as his mama who died without seeing Justice for her boy but became a hero for her actions, sparking a major change in American (and global) society. The murder of her child and her decision for an open casket at his funeral changed EVERYTHING. And I’ll never get over the irony: they killed Emmett the way they did as a means to instill fear and “keep us in our place.” (Which is what every lynching was for anyway but you get what I’m saying.) And BECAUSE they did him like that, Black people fought for change; their effort to keep us scared made us fight louder and harder than we ever had till that point and we changed the world. For Emmett. You deserved life, baby boy. We gon always go up for you, believe that! Rest In Peace to you and your mother Mamie. 💐💐💐✊🏽

  • @tonyv3758
    @tonyv3758 2 роки тому +43

    And so many people want to pretend like this history doesn't exist and move on.

  • @georgeglenister2345
    @georgeglenister2345 2 роки тому +12

    This made me really sad. Im not even American and this makes me so sad.

  • @IsabelleAProf
    @IsabelleAProf 2 роки тому +20

    Thank you Crash Course for this heavy episode...there so much to reflect upon after this episode.

  • @wizardgherkin
    @wizardgherkin 2 роки тому +17

    Very significant event in civil rights, and important to understand in the history of america. Because this remains one of the foremost lessons that needs to be taught and understood in the world. Thank you.

  • @GalaxicNerd
    @GalaxicNerd 2 роки тому +51

    Absolutely powerful. Thank you so much for covering such a devistating but vital story.

  • @williambilyeu9801
    @williambilyeu9801 2 роки тому +40

    The murder of Emmett Till was a most heinous crime. I only learned of it much later. I have seen some of the photos. This is an excellent presentation. I will have to try to visit the Museum of African American History, perhaps with some of my Godchildren.

  • @Fernando-li4uv
    @Fernando-li4uv 2 роки тому +10

    Well-paced storyteller.

  • @JohnFitzKennedy959
    @JohnFitzKennedy959 Рік тому +16

    I don't think I will ever understand fully, being a white teen in the middle of no where Michigan, but this story will always sicken me. I love history and watched this video after seeing the "Till" trailer about Emmit Till to relearn the information, and I feel like I've been hit my an emotional train. This is awful, and I will always struggle to believe how a human could do that to a boy, or how a human could commit such atrocities. Then again I think that's one of the reasons I like history. It seems to expose a dark ad shocking past, one desrvesed to be spoken and learn from. Rest in peace Emmitt till.

  • @starieyes7390
    @starieyes7390 2 роки тому +7

    This case is why there shouldn't have the double jeopardy law... rest in paradise sweetheart 💔 💐

  • @VerhoevenSimon
    @VerhoevenSimon 2 роки тому +30

    Thank you for covering this though subject. One can only wonder how history would have diverged without the brave choice by his mother.

  • @kamelajameel2976
    @kamelajameel2976 Рік тому +7

    emmett tills story (along with pretty much all of the atrocities black people have suffered) will always break my heart. i can’t believe that grown men could do so much harm to a young child just because of the colour of his skin. i hope the woman that lied and essentially caused his death lived the rest of her life like it was hell on earth and now that she’s dead, i hope she is rotting in hell. rest in peace emmett and mamie till🙏🏾❤️

  • @BlueManIan
    @BlueManIan Рік тому +8

    I have a question about double jeopardy: if you can't be tried twice for the same crime then why weren't the two guys who got away with killing Emmett sued in appeals court?

  • @Leah-vc3og
    @Leah-vc3og Рік тому +4

    I started crying before the story even started

  • @korg47237
    @korg47237 2 роки тому +9

    What an aptly timed release of the video considering recent news.

  • @veltribobbieable
    @veltribobbieable 2 роки тому +19

    A crying shame this happened to this innocent young man. His poor mother!

  • @kofiosei536
    @kofiosei536 9 місяців тому +5

    Thanks!

    • @crashcourse
      @crashcourse  9 місяців тому +2

      Thanks for your generosity!

  • @Vixyvix01
    @Vixyvix01 Рік тому +5

    You are an incredible and captivating storyteller!

  • @karynsnake7352
    @karynsnake7352 7 місяців тому +3

    Rest in Power, the heroic and eternally inspiring, Till family.

  • @tocaautumn6415
    @tocaautumn6415 Рік тому +5

    I’m 9 now and now i see how my people are treated i watch the movie and it made me mad to see how my people like this but why why what did we do to them

  • @elliegardner1810
    @elliegardner1810 Місяць тому +2

    I remember learning about this in class and this made me so uncomfortable. As a black person I am happy with how far America became but their are still more things to do.

  • @deatheternal720
    @deatheternal720 2 роки тому +16

    Ive always loved black history but so much of it is so heartbreaking... This is the shit that racists and people who are Anti BLM need to learn about. If they had the slightest semblance of Humanity or compassion... And even the smallest portion of their brain... Theyd be able to understand why BLM exists..

  • @alejandroperez-yy9ym
    @alejandroperez-yy9ym 2 роки тому +5

    I never knew about this till a little bit ago

  • @megcampbell2900
    @megcampbell2900 2 місяці тому

    Incredibly well done video, handled a sensitive but very important topic with a respect and grace that is very moving. Very informative and insightful

  • @micarod3251
    @micarod3251 2 роки тому +24

    Thank you for sharing this! I didn’t know who he was until college, please keep educating and uncovering the ugly past.

  • @pete7389
    @pete7389 2 роки тому +25

    I never knew about Emmit Till until I became an adult. This was not covered in high school history class.

  • @allisha312
    @allisha312 Рік тому +8

    It's really sad that the only reason I even found out about Emmet and his mom miss mamie was because UA-cam got me again and I ended up spending hours clicking on one random video to the next and I ended up coming across a video talking about their heart breaking but extremely powerful life story. Come to find out that alot of the people I know never knew about them either.. and that's so sad and upsetting because this is something schools should be teaching kids about when they talk about important things that happened in the past and the powerful message miss mamie was sending when she let the world see the damage caused to her innocent little boy because of the color of his skin and her bravery by standing up and saying no I won't be scared into staying quite about what those monster did to my son and what these type of monsters have been doing for years! Amazing women

  • @user-ul7gg6xo5o
    @user-ul7gg6xo5o Рік тому +2

    Thank you for taking the time to educate us.

  • @qwertyuiopgarth
    @qwertyuiopgarth 2 роки тому +10

    None of this was that long ago, and far too much of it is not yet gone.

  • @malcolmclay9856
    @malcolmclay9856 2 роки тому +7

    It’s sad too because they published a book about it. I still don’t have the heart to watch the Hulu series. Now there’s the Emmett Till Anti Lynching Law that’s going to be passed.

  • @Quader417
    @Quader417 Рік тому +2

    Ur composure is commendable bc I started and stopped crying at at least 3 different points in this video

  • @HiddeWinter
    @HiddeWinter Рік тому +3

    here because of the unveiling of the statue of him. i did not know who he was but now i do, and he deserved better

  • @TeaRex
    @TeaRex 2 роки тому +5

    Thank you for this crash course!

  • @kimwallace9370
    @kimwallace9370 2 роки тому +18

    The children need to know the truth A-Z period no cap especially the evil Sins of there FORE FATHERS. Rest In Power Emmett🙏🏿

  • @micravinxenos3047
    @micravinxenos3047 Рік тому +2

    I already knew about Emmett Till, & had seen the photos years ago. I told myself I wasn't going to ball my eyes out this time seeing them again, but I did, I just couldn't help it. Because I don't just think of only him & what kind of a monster would enjoy doing that to a child. I think of countless children who've been viciously attacked ,raped & killed before photographs were invented to capture the aftermath, the horror, because of racism, because of hate. So many stories untold, so many injustices.

  • @pamelahomeyer748
    @pamelahomeyer748 2 роки тому +2

    Did you see the new Emmett Till alert? I found your site a little while ago but I did not see the Black History Section until now and I'm really excited about it. Thank you for making these videos. I don't want to go to my grade without seeing some of this resolved. I remember trying to be friends with a black girl in first grade but her parents wouldn't let me. Prejudice runs both ways but back then I understood later why it was so difficult as we lived in Detroit and it was during the 50s

  • @i_will_hug_your_mom
    @i_will_hug_your_mom 8 місяців тому +3

    1956 wasnt at all long ago
    In fact its only 1 generation away
    This happened in 1956... thats absolutely frightening to think about.

  • @lois7956
    @lois7956 2 роки тому +12

    Such a powerful episode. Well done

  • @ianfitzpatrick2230
    @ianfitzpatrick2230 2 роки тому +12

    I saw something about this at the Manhattan film festival at the local university and it broke my heart. So so sad. Race hate is the opposite of human nature

  • @chashahjohnson
    @chashahjohnson Рік тому +1

    This one really got to me. Absolutely heart-wrenching.

  • @luc1lle1984
    @luc1lle1984 2 роки тому +5

    Excellent crash course thank you

  • @BlueManIan
    @BlueManIan Рік тому +2

    This is horrifying and heartbreaking. May the rest of our country learn from it and work toward a more just and equal society.

  • @cybermel0nanimates951
    @cybermel0nanimates951 Рік тому +2

    "Rashad and Quinn both American-face the unspeakable truth that racism and prejudice didn't die after the civil rights movement. There's a future at stake a future where no one else will have to be absent because of police (and racist) brutality." (All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brandon Keily)

  • @pamelahomeyer748
    @pamelahomeyer748 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for these videos this is wonderful. I just found you where have you been all my life. I remember standing up in junior high saying to my history teacher where are the black people in this history book and where are the women

  • @naludragneel5371
    @naludragneel5371 5 місяців тому

    When i was a kid and my teacher told me this story i would try to pretend the story would continue with a happy ending, with him growing up and having kids a wonderful wife and getting old and spending time with his grandkids watching them growing up
    It made me so sad to know that none of it happened.

  • @scottymcmillan
    @scottymcmillan 2 роки тому +6

    Very angry that we didn’t learn about this in school in my time. I think this is very important history that needs to be taught hopefully it is being taught now to the new generation.

  • @JPatelLive
    @JPatelLive Рік тому +5

    starts @00:57 🙏🏾

  • @saint3335
    @saint3335 Рік тому +3

    Ayee I fw the video and the info you on here good stuff! Idk if it’s me but the narration is kinda slow 🫡

    • @saint3335
      @saint3335 Рік тому

      Finna watch the movie rn

  • @sansharaelisheeka7772
    @sansharaelisheeka7772 Рік тому +2

    my heart omg. RIP Emmett

  • @CreeceMarquis
    @CreeceMarquis 2 роки тому +4

    Love this series!!

  • @tammiediaz8354
    @tammiediaz8354 7 місяців тому

    My ❤ ,and 🙏🙏 for this family. And all other family affected from the same treatment Justice is served! Can't belive it took this long.

  • @uprightape100
    @uprightape100 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you so much.

  • @BezzyBee03
    @BezzyBee03 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you, Dr smith

  • @persephonebrown7877
    @persephonebrown7877 Рік тому +2

    This was AWESOME!

  • @In_TheMoonlight
    @In_TheMoonlight Рік тому +5

    In America, 100 years is a long time ago. I don't think that's something that's ever really going to change, but we can't let that automatic perception make us forget how recent some of these things were because when we dismiss something as happening "a long time ago", we allow ourselves to pretend we've moved on from it, even if its effects are still very much around today.

  • @ericflores3747
    @ericflores3747 2 роки тому +5

    Thank you CrashCourse, thoughtful and educational.

  • @ivanbarbosa81
    @ivanbarbosa81 Рік тому +2

    Netflix is that black enough brought me here.This is outrageous and to think it happened not long ago.

  • @rarity9788
    @rarity9788 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for sharing the story of this beautiful souls heartbreaking story. This is exactly the way real history should be taught. The facts of it all and not just some two line blurb in a book! One thing I have learned from researching true history, is the fact that all races have faced terrible atrocities against them. I’m a mixed race woman who doesn’t fit in the “check your race box” on forms. Unfortunately nothing will change until EVERYONE finally realizes that we are ALL human beings that bleed red and cry salt water. There are so many truly evil people in the world, but people who harm others based solely upon skin pigment are the worst of the evil in the world! There is no place for racism in this world and I sincerely hope that one day, all societies will realize it! If not, I know that when Jesus comes back, he will set everything right once again. May Mr. Till rest in peace and comfort. God bless you all.

  • @ThePinkPearll
    @ThePinkPearll 2 роки тому +16

    We got a long ways to go😑

  • @RadMad789
    @RadMad789 2 роки тому +5

    😭❤️

  • @stylian65
    @stylian65 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you.

  • @101shadeira
    @101shadeira 10 місяців тому +2

    Wow Emmett mom lived til 2003

  • @coilytextured9374
    @coilytextured9374 2 роки тому +2

    Great video!!

  • @ngominh259
    @ngominh259 2 роки тому +6

    Am I ignorant for knowing Emmett only thanks to Chappelle?

  • @101shadeira
    @101shadeira 10 місяців тому +4

    Now look at money Mississippi it’s a ghost town. Hope that lady is suffering in hell for her role in his death

  • @Nike2030
    @Nike2030 Рік тому +3

    Just one minor correction. He whistled at her while he was outside as she was leaving the store.

  • @jeanahollings
    @jeanahollings 2 роки тому

    there are no words. except maybe, thank you.

  • @adedamolaadeleke6228
    @adedamolaadeleke6228 Рік тому

    It happened so tragically soon in life on emmett till only fourteen years old

  • @jonklimkoski5556
    @jonklimkoski5556 Рік тому

    I wish we all could take 5 minutes today to watch the Emmett Till short story to remember where we are going. Where we been and what are we doing for someone else. P.s. I'm a 48 year old White man

  • @seena889
    @seena889 Рік тому +3

    Exactly. Until you don’t show the reality of these things people won’t understand.

  • @pandabearmadness6263
    @pandabearmadness6263 Рік тому +3

    This is so evil heartless

  • @Charwee
    @Charwee 2 роки тому +5

    They caught Carolyn Bryant!!! She was just living in an apartment in Kentucky Old and frail but going to jail! Yes!!!!

  • @hamzazad5258
    @hamzazad5258 Рік тому +3

    And then people like Bill Maher say that is an ancient history..How cruel and heartless some people are!

  • @zeusvalentine3638
    @zeusvalentine3638 Рік тому +4

    No race baiting. I appreciate that. Just the facts on a horrible time in history

  • @adedamolaadeleke6228
    @adedamolaadeleke6228 Рік тому

    Would for july be 82 if alive still