Political Quotes

“2 days ago, the Department of Justice announced that it would be forming a partnership with the State of Mississippi to investigate the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till. As I heard the news, two thoughts ran through my mind. On the one hand, as the Member of Congress who introduced a resolution, a bipartisan resolution calling upon the Justice Department to investigate Emmett's murder, I feel a sense of relief. On the other hand, four words come to my mind: it is about time. Mr. Speaker, many of us regard the murder of Emmett Till and the subsequent sham Jim Crow trial that acquitted Emmett's murderers as a mockery, as a miscarriage of justice, and as the single motivational spark for the civil rights movement. Young Emmett's savage murder and his open funeral casket made international news, and it galvanized African Americans and others interested in the cause of civil rights to take matters into their own hands and to demand basic human rights to which all citizens are entitled. Mr. Speaker, I believe that now maybe Ms. Till-Mobley and Emmett Till can begin to rest in peace.”