Emmitt Till

Emmitt Till Emmit Till was like any other ordinary boy. He lived in Chicago in 1955 with his mother. But this summer he was going to visit his Uncle Mose who lived down south. Down south and Chicago were totally different. First of all, you couldn't go to a school with someone that wasn't your color, you couldn't go to any bathroom you wanted and couldn't eat where you wanted. In other words, it was segregated. Now, let me get back to my story. I can't wait till go I down south. I wonder what it will be like. said Emmit. I think you'll like it, but stay out of trouble ya hear. said Emmit's mom. Ok. said Emmit. The next day Emmit arrived. He met up with his Uncle Mose and went straight to his Uncle's house. So how old are you now? said Uncle Mose. Fourteen. said Emmit. So, yah like fried chicken? said Uncle Mose. Yeah said Emmit. Good cause thats what we having for dinnersaid uncle Mose So they had dinner and Emmit went to bed. The next day Emmit went outside to go meet some new friends, but he took his junior high school graduation picture with him. A few minutes later he met two boys named Tony and Stacey. Emmit said, Look at my class picture. Tony said, Why are there white people in your class? Emmit said, I don't know. Why don't you? Stacey said, They aren't allowed in our school. Tony said, Since you hang around white people so much, I dare you to go talk to that white lady in that store. Emmit said, Ok. So Emmit went to the candy store and bought candy. He paid for it and before he left he said Bye baby. to a white woman in the store and then her husband came running after him, but Emmit was too fast and he ran all the way home. That night Uncle Mose asked Emmit, What did you do today? Who me?, said Emmit. Yes you. said Uncle Mose. Oh ummm, well ummm, I made some new friends, said Emmit. Why are you so nervous? said Uncle Mose. Why ya say that Uncle Mose? asked Emmit. Well, ya stuttering. said Uncle Mose. Is that why well I'm cold and I'm shivering? said Emmit. Cold in Alabama? You must be sick or something because I'm sweating, said Uncle Mose. Well I'm tired so I'm going to bed. said Emmit. Ok, see yah in the morning. said Uncle Mose. But Uncle Mose didn't know that Emmit was going to be kidnapped that night. In the middle of the night two men came and kidnapped Emmit. They drove him to the Hallatachie River. First, they beat him up with a bat and then they got 75 lbs bag of cotton gin, tied it around his ankle with barb wire, and threw him in the river. Afterward they had a trial about the Emmit Till case. Those two men were found innocent. Emmit's family had two other trials and they were still found innocent. The reason why those two men were found innocent was because it was the 1950's and it was segregated and the trial had an all white jury. ÇEVİRİSİ Emmitt Till Emmit Till sıradan her erkek çocuk gibiydi. 1955'te annesiyle Chicago'da yaşıyordu. Ancak bu yaz güneyde yaşayan Amca Amcan'ı ziyaret edecekti. Aşağı güney ve Chicago tamamen farklıydı. Her şeyden önce, o da senin rengin olmayan biriyle okula gidemezdin, istediğin herhangi bir tuvalete gidemezdin ve istediğin yerde yiyemiyordun. Başka bir deyişle, ayrılmıştı. Şimdi, hikayemize geri dönmeme izin ver. Ben güneye kadar bekleyemem. Bunun nasıl bir şey olacağını merak ediyorum. Emmit dedi. Bence seveceksin, ama duyduğun sıkıntıdan uzak dur. Emmit'in annesi dedi. Tamam. Emmit dedi. Ertesi gün Emmit geldi. Amcası Mose ile görüştü ve doğrudan Amca'nın evine gitti. Artık kaç yaşındasın Dedi Mose Amca. Ondört Emmit dedi. Demek kızarmış tavuk sever misin? Dedi Mose Amca. Evet Emmit dedi. İyi sebep, dinnersee amcam Mose için olan şey bu. Böylece akşam yemeğini aldılar ve Emmit yatmaya gitti. Ertesi gün Emmit bazı yeni arkadaşlarla tanışmak için dışarı çıktı, ancak ortaokul mezuniyet resmini onunla birlikte aldı. Birkaç dakika sonra Tony ve Stacey adlı iki oğlanla tanıştı. Emmit, "Sınıf fotoğrafıma bak" dedi. Tony, neden sınıfta beyaz insanlar var? Emmit, bilmiyorum dedi. Neden sen yapmıyorsun Stacey, okulumuza izin verilmediğini söyledi. Tony, beyaz insanları o kadar çok taktığına göre, o dükkandaki şu beyaz bayanla konuşmaya cüret etmeyi cesaret ediyorum. Emmit, Tamam dedi. Emmit şekerleme şirketine giderek şeker aldı. Parasını ödedi ve gitmeden önce Bye bebeğim dedi. Mağazadaki beyaz bir kadına gitti ve sonra kocası onun peşine düştü ancak Emmit çok hızlıydı ve eve kadar uzanıp koştu. O gece Amca Amca'ya sordu, bugün ne yaptınız? Kimim? "Dedi Emmit. Evet sen. Dedi Mose Amca. Emmit, ummm, um um, yeni arkadaşlar edindim, dedi Emmit. Neden bu kadar sinirlisin? Dedi Mose Amca. Neden Amcık Amca dedin? Emmit'e sordu. Kekelemektesin Dedi Mose Amca. Bu yüzden iyi ben soğuk ve titriyorum? Emmit dedi. Alabama'da soğuk mu? Hasta falan olmalısın, çünkü ben terliyorum, Amca Amca. Yorulduğum için yatacağım. Emmit dedi. Tamam, bakın sabah, sabah. Dedi Mose Amca. Ama Amca Amca, Emmit'in o gece kaçılacağını bilmiyordu. Gecenin bir yarısında iki erkek geldi ve Emmit'i kaçırdı. Onu Hallatachie Nehri'ne kadar sürdüler. İlk olarak, onu bir sopayla dövdüler ve sonra 75 lbs'lik bir pamuk çini paketi aldılar, ayak bileklerinin etrafına dikenli telle bağladılar ve nehre attılar. Daha sonra Emmit Till davasıyla ilgili bir dava açtılar. O iki adam masum bulundu. Emmit'in ailesi iki kez daha denendi ve masum oldukları hala bulundu. Bu iki adamın masum olarak bulunmasının nedeni, 1950'ler olduğundan ve ayrılmış olması ve yargılamanın tamamı beyaz bir jüriydi.

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