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 ...

September 3, 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 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Emmett Till & Mamie ... open casket for Emmett's funeral following his murder. The Freedom Center says the exhibit will have stories of Emmett Till, whose life was brutally ...

Nearly 70 years ago, 14-year-old Emmett ... After Till's mutilated body was retrieved from the Tallahatchie River, Till-Mobley insisted on an open casket for her late son's funeral, saying ...