Nearly 70 years ago, 14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally tortured ... Till-Mobley insisted on an open casket for her late son's funeral, saying “Let the world see what they did to my boy.” ...
The National Park Service has awarded a $75,000 grant to the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in Sumner. Rep. Bennie Thompson made the announcement Wednesday.The funding will support the documentation ...
Dubbed "Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley ... in remembrance of Mamie Till-Mobley's decision to hold an open-casket funeral for her son, urging the world to witness the atrocity bestowed upon ...
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley exhibit premieres ... Mamie's decision to have an open casket for Emmett's funeral following his murder. The Freedom Center says the exhibit ...
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The National Park Service (NPS) has awarded a $75,000 grant to the Emmett Till Interpretive Center. The grant is part of the Underrepresented Communities Grant Program.
That was the same year that Hunt, then 19, attended Till’s funeral. The teen’s lynching ... Hunt’s response to the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, whose death in the 1950s was a catalyst ...