Loving God means respecting and caring for all of God’s people regardless of where they live, what they look like, or what they believe.Ģ. You can not love God and kill someone because they have different views from you. You can not love God and systematically put someone down because they look different or are a member of a different religion. You can not love God and kill a 14 year old for speaking to someone. called for people to respect, love and care for each other, not kill each other. Non-violent protest involves loving you neighbor as much as protesting their actions. By committing to non-violence, the movement took these words to heart. The story of the Civil Rights Movement is the story of these words.

However, when we look at the words in the context of the world our focus becomes clear again. This passage has been cited and spoken so many times that its familiarity can cause us to gloss over it. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.

Theology: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. The extreme violence of the crime put a national spotlight on the ways of the South. How does the perspective on gender/race/culture/economics/ability make a difference to the story: The kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till is famous as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. With lively narrative, illustrations and photographs, this impressive book brings insight to the case in a way that is accessible and eye-opening for teenagers and adults alike. Literary elements at work in the story: In clear, vivid detail this book gives the detail of the crime, as well as the dramatic court trial. Two white men were tried and acquitted by an all-white jury and later bragged publicly about the crime Three days later his brutally beaten body was found floating in the Tallahatchie River. It was said that Emmett whistled at a white woman, something forbidden for a black male. Summary: Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old black teenager from Chicago, was visiting family in a small town in Mississippi during the summer of 1955.

Title: Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case

Getting Away with Murder by Chris Crowe