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...structure of the Baptist church and along the lines which success for Southern blacks had been determined since Reconstruction. However, what had not been planned for was the radical change in atmosphere produced by the 1954 Supreme Court decision, the acts of white violence which followed it-in particular, Emmet Till's murder, and the tired feet of Rosa Parks...
These last two factors are of particular importance in terms of King's rise to national prominence. Emmet Till, a 14 year old child from Chicago who had gone South to visit relatives, was kidnapped in August of 1955 by white men who beat his body into mutilation, shot him through the head, and then tied him to the wheel of a cotton gin and dropped him into the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi. The two men who were tried testified at the trial-at which black reporters were segregated-that Till had whistled at a white woman. They were acquitted...
...FORGOTTEN SOLDIER by Guy Safer. Translated from the French by Lily Emmet. 465 pages. Harper...
Cathy the snake charmer, Emmet the elephant-skinned boy and Percilla the monkey girl were all amazed that he was still swinging up there−however erratically. "Normally flyers can't take it more than once a day because their hands get sore," said John Pugh, general manager of the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus. "But he's been going up three and four times a day. He's got a lot of guts." The daring young man was do-it-yourself George Plimpton, who has tried just about everything else. This caper...
Jaime Gonzales faced Jerry Emmet, and dropped the march, 15-12, 15-8, 15-8. Gonzales had trouble adjusting to Emmer's left-handed attack. "I was deep into the third game before I got used to not playing toward his forehand shot." Gonzales said...