Why did the black Northern press choose to pair the image of Emmett Till's battered corpse with that of a smiling image of him with his mother Mamie Till-Bradley?
A) They wanted to convince the Mississippi jury to convict Till's murderers.
B) They wanted to outrage their audience by showing how an innocent young boy was savagely
beaten to death by racists.
C) They wanted to caution their audience of what could happen to African Americans in the
South if they were too forward with white people.
D) They wanted to warn their audience of what could happen to anyone who played an active
role in the Civil Rights Movement in the South.
B
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What will be an ideal response?
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What would be an ideal response?
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