Simeon Wright, 67, is Emmett Till's cousin and was with him the night ... His mother insisted that her son be displayed in a glass-topped casket, so the world could see his beaten body.

Emmett Till’s mother declined an offer from the mortician to “touch up” her son’s body, and she made the decision to have an open casket funeral. “I think everybody needed to know what ...

1955 Emmett Till's body is taken to Chicago's Roberts Temple Church of God for viewing and funeral services. Emmett's mother decides to have an open casket funeral. Thousands of Chicagoans wait in ...

A new national monument for Emmett Till and his mother ... His mother insisted on an open casket. An estimated 250,000 mourners came. Rory Doyle for The New York Times Graball Landing Graball ...

The painting depicted the open-casket funeral of Emmett Till, a black boy who was murdered after a white woman accused him of flirting with her, and critics said it was offensive because it amount ...

Till’s open-casket memorial service was held in this church in early ... while an estimated 10,000 people stood outside listening to the service over loudspeakers. That Emmett Till’s body even made it ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley exhibit premieres ... "Let the World See" after Mamie's decision to have an open casket for Emmett's funeral following his murder.

Emmett Till’s mother, as she reckons with the tragic death of her son. Her real-life decision to have an open casket at her son’s funeral was a way of publicising what had happened.

Cultural preservation organization African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund released $3 million in grants to 33 historic sites, including the childhood home of Emmett Till, the Black ...