On Aug. 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was abducted and brutally murdered. His devastated mother, Mamie, held an open-casket funeral and shared photos of her son with the press. She said, "The whole nation had to bear witness to this." Watch Emmett Till's story: https://comca.st/3KtFUdj | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement
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Emmett Till was buried on September 6, 1955. Mamie Till Mobley's decision to hold an open-casket funeral for would make her son's death a touchstone for a generation. | American Experience | PBS
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This week, we remember Emmett Till who was abducted, lynched, and murdered. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, displayed immense courage by demanding an open-casket funeral in Chicago, revealing the brutality inflicted upon her 14-year-old son. We must honor all Black lives lost because of racism and hatred and support the families who keep their legacies alive.
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She didn’t stay silent. She made the world face the truth. When Emmett Till was murdered in 1955, Mamie Till’s decision to hold an open-casket funeral forced the nation to confront the horrors of racism. It was one of the most powerful acts of protest in American history — and yet, this isn’t something most of us were taught in school. This is one of those Black history facts you didn’t know — the kind that shows how one mother’s courage helped spark the civil rights movement. Her story is a rem
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