Eyes on the Prize Ben Baker-Katz

For me, the most moving part of Eyes on the Prize the part about Emmitt Till's murder. The murder, while horrifying, was not that part that really moved me. It was the actions of the killers that stuck with me. I do not understand how those men could possibly live with themselves after doing what they did. They did not appear to show any remorse for the crime, and later they even confessed to the murder. I will never forget their expressions when they were cleared. They were not expressions of relief or remorse, but of expectance. They knew there was no chance they would be convicted, and that was the problem. Everyone knew they committed those murders, and yet they never thought for a second they would be convicted. That is a huge problem that has not really gone away. Police are still being found not guilty of murders they clearly committed. Caesar Goodson (Freddie Gray) and Darren Wilson (Michael Brown) to name a few. Anyway, the reactions of the two murders who were not convicted of murder is what moved me the most in Eyes on the Prize.