not to mention he was regular degular when they met, SHE came up with the idea and blueprints for amazon, and was a HUGE reason (if not the main reason) the company was such a success.
On the 24th of August, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till went to Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market in Money, Mississippi, to purchase some candy. Emmett was from Chicago and was in Mississippi visiting some relatives. At the store, Emmett was accused of whistling at and grabbing 21-year-old white store clerk, Carolyn Bryant. This action violated the Jim Crow social code and his fate was sealed.
In the early morning hours of the 28th of August, 1955, Carolyn, her husband, Roy, and his half-brother, John Miliam, appeared at Mose Wright’s house which was where Emmett had been staying. Emmett’s great-aunt offered them money in the hopes that they would cause no trouble but it was fruitless. They grabbed Emmett and shoved him in their truck before dropping Carolyn back home and driving out to an isolated barn. Once there, Emmett was pistol-whipped and beaten. Afterwards, he was shot dead and thrown in Tallahatchie River.
Two days later, Emmett’s body was found. His mother insisted on an open-casket funeral in Chicago. His face was so mutilated that it was unrecognisable. The brutality of his slaying sparked outrage and gave urgency to the civil rights movement. Eventually Bryant and Miliam were indicted for murder. During the trial, African American Willie Louis testified against the two white men, something Emmett’s family described as a “godsend.” At the time, his testimony would have posed great danger in the segregated south and it’s astounding that nothing untoward happened to him afterwards. Louis told the court that had spotted Emmett with Bryant and Miliam as he walked home and had heard the beating taking place in the barn. “I heard the screaming, beating, the screaming and beating,” he said.
The trial was extremely informal. Jury members were often drunk and many male white spectators carried handguns. During the trial, Bryant and Miliam confessed that they had taken Emmett that night but claimed that they had let him go. The defence had even argued that the body could have been anyone’s and not Emmett. An all white, all male jury acquitted both men. Years later, several members of the jury would acknowledge they knew the two men were guilty but didn’t see anything wrong with white men killing African Americans.
At the 60 year anniversary of Emmett’s murder, his family and friends gathered at his grave. Also in attendance was Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, and Michael Brown Sr., the father of Michael Brown Jr. “Black lives matter. Black lives mattered when Emmett was killed. Black lives mattered when Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed. Black lives matter even today,” said U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush.
I’m 2017, Carolyn Bryant admitted she had fabricated the story and that Emmett hadn’t touched her or attempted to.
I remember some YouTuber tweeting like “TV shows are too political these days old shows like Fresh Prince didn’t have all this sjw bullshit” and like the first episode will and uncle phil talk very sternly about malcom x
If anything, sitcom shows even from Disney esp if they're black were bold in your face political about societal issues
ima just leave these here
Frankly popular media has always been political since the dawn of civilization when telling stories became a thing.
If you think “media used to be unpolitical”, at least one of two things is happening:
1. You weren’t paying attention
Or 2. What was “political” then is now “common sense.”
Or 3. You are white enough that you have no struggles and can’t acknowledge the struggles of others.
The humor is black humor in its form. It’s completely built off our relation to racism. This was common sense to us. Every joke takes into account the history and our continued everyday struggle. The cop brutality is a prime example. He says nah I’m not putting my hands down he has a gun and next thing I know I can end up with 6 ‘warning’ shots in my back - If anyone remembers Mike Brown was an unarmed black man that was shot 6 times by a police officer and ended up dying which then ignited a new form of police brutality (it happens every couple of decades where there’s a undeniable incident and other people cannot shit there eyes to our reality and then it goes by into denial state until the next big act happens) now mind you, the fresh prince ended many years before this case so they’re not referencing Brown himself but it just stands to speak on how relative it is.
For some reason people tend to think police brutality was someone new complaint we just created (literately had people go that arguement with me) when it’s been a reality for blacks all along.
The fresh prince was literally created to speak on these topics…The character Will was used to inform and speak on these topics and his cousin who hadn’t been as exposed to the realities of black struggle because of money was used as a sound wall for the audience. They used the concept of these two different young men to speak on both the subtle and the overt. Just like the younger female cousin was made young so she could grow into her womanhood and they can speak on those topics that women are most constricted over (sex, body control / image, respect, etc).
But that’s a lot shows from the 90’s - they weren’t there just to entertain but to also enlighten you. I def would say shows in the now are less up on actually speaking on important things. They promote that they are but….🤐
