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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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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Before Emmett Till was murdered in rural Mississippi in August of 1955, he was a fun-loving, free-spirited 14-year-old boy from Chicago. Watch "The Murder of Emmett Till" Aug. 23 at 9/8c on PBS or stream it anytime: to.pbs.org/3A2blGK | American Experience | PBS
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More than 6 decades after Emmett Till was murdered, locals are grappling with how to memorialize him. In this New York Times virtual reality experience, witness the present day conditions of the physical remnants of his legacy. Read more: https://nyti.ms/2SQeIxP | The New York Times
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He was only 14 when he was brutally lynched in the Jim Crow South. His mother chose to hold an open casket funeral to expose the horror of his murder. This is the story of Emmett Till, a lasting symbol in the fight for racial justice. | Brut
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When Emmett Till's body was found in the Tallahatchie River on Aug. 31, 1955, he was so badly beaten that he could only be identified by his father's ring. A 75-pound cotton gin fan tied around his neck with barbed wire had kept him weighed down in the water in the three days since he was taken from his uncle's home. Watch "The Murder of Emmett Till" tonight at 9/8c on PBS or stream it anytime: to.pbs.org/3A2blGK | American Experience | PBS
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