Vincent Williams will direct "The Face of Emmett Till," which Emmett's mother Mamie Till-Mobley and playwright David Barr III ...

and she made the decision to have an open casket funeral. “I think everybody needed to know what had happened to Emmett Till,” she said. Mamie's decision would make her son's death a ...

Mamie made a stunning decision -- Emmett would have an open casket funeral. "I think everybody needed to know what had happened to Emmett Till," she said. Some 50,000 people streamed in to view ...

Rather than have a quick funeral, Till’s mother Mamie insisted on a public service with an open casket back in Chicago. The decision meant that the tens of thousands of mourners saw Till’s ...

Anniversary of Till’s lynching coincides with launching of local foundation For Deborah Watts, a family tragedy is also a horrific part of American history. The Plymouth resident for almost ...

This national park site honors the family of Emmett Till, preserves the history of one of the country's most horrific hate crimes, and commemorates the struggle for civil rights that continues today.

Mamie Till-Mobley, cut through to the public. 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 ...