Anglais, rédaction d'une biographie

Hugo  MARTIN                                                        Thursday, May 24, 2018

Elmett Louis Till, also known as "Bobo" is a 14-year-old African American teenager. He lived with his mother in Chicago in the northern United States. She took him on vacation to his great uncle, Moses Wright in Mississippi. However, her mother warned her of the difference in mentality between the northern and southern regions. Moreover, she entrusted him to pay attention to white people. When Elmett arrived at his grandfather's, he met his friends. When he walked with them, he showed these friends a picture of one of his white friends from Chicago and sold himself some. One of his friends then offered him a challenge: talk to the white girl at the supermarket. Elmett accepted and entered the store. He then bought some candy and went to the cash register. After paying, he went away saying "Bye Baby" (whistling). This girl was the young wife of the store owner. A few days later, the boys had already forgotten this stupid challenge. Although they had already moved on, some still had it in mind. It was then that two hooded men (the shop owner and his brother-in-law) broke into Elmett's uncle's house during the night to kidnap the child. They took him to an abandoned plantation. A place isolated from everything that is conducive to endless violence against Elmett. His body covered in blows was found a few days later off the river. The incident went almost unnoticed in Mississippi, where black lynching was common. Grandma "Grandma Till" brought the body back to Chicago. To alert public opinion, she asked the funeral directors to leave the coffin open at the funeral so that everyone could see the horror of the murder. The photo publication of Elmett's body allowed crime to be at the center of all conversation at the time. Under public pressure, the killers were arrested but found not guilty. The trial, composed solely of a white jury, lasted barely one hour. An injustice was unleashed and a struggle for the civil rights of black Americans took place.

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