In reply to Mark111 /.\.

One minor thing I don't think he stood up for himself that's inaccurate he was dragged out of his Uncle's house in the middle of the night and beat ruthlessly and then tied on the water wheel. Emmitt being from Chicago spoke to her being friendly because he wasn't use to the south more specifically the rules of the area in which he was. For that he was killed by those white men cause of a lie.