In his new book, author Wright Thompson examines the site of the notorious 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, and a ...

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 ...

Moses Wright identifies the body from a ring with the initials L.T. In Chicago, Mamie Till arrives at the Illinois Central Terminal to receive Emmett's casket. She is surrounded by family and ...

The CCAC looked again at design proposals and this time recommended two for the congressional gold medal authorized in 2023 ...

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.

Signs placed here by the Emmett Till Memorial Commission have been vandalized three times — the first one torn down and thrown in the river and two more signs shot up with bullets. The current sign, ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Emmett Till’s body was returned to Chicago ... a photo of the mutilated corpse and also decided to have a open casket, and so tens of thousands saw Emmett’s battered body.

A new exhibit at a Cincinnati museum will tell the story of Emmett Till's murder and the role his mother played in fighting for justice. The exhibit, titled Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley: Let ...