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Video of Emmit Till's funeral


Emmit Till's mother insisted on an open casket and you can see footage in this documentary. Really hits home.

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We watched this for our social work class and I got so choked up. I cannot believe the courage of Emmett's mother to show the world what this "men" had done to her baby.

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It just makes me angry that those two men got away with murder. But the one redeeming fact about Emmett Till's murder is that it will never be forgotten.

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It is a powerful thing indeed. She was a remarkable woman. So many were remarkable, in those times.

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