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Spencer Green / AP Images. In 1955, Emmett Till —a 14-year-old African-American visiting Mississippi from Chicago—was murdered after whistling at a white woman. His mother insisted that her son...
Sep 2, 2015 · Sixty years ago Jet magazine published photos of the disfigured and decomposed body of slain 14-year-old African American Emmett Till, rattling communities across the country and reigniting a...
Jul 10, 2016 · 60 years before the harrowing images of Philando Castile's and Alton Sterling's deaths, one photograph changed America's take on race.
Nov 17, 2016 · Emmett Till was brutally killed in the summer of 1955. At his funeral, his mother forced the world to reckon with the brutality of American racism. Subscribe to TIME http://po.st/SubscribeTIME...
Aug 28, 2020 · Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, wanted the world to see “what they did to my baby.” His body looked monstrous, as if the 14-year-old had absorbed every blow of hate delivered by his killers — a photograph that ran in Jet magazine and many other African-American publications, but never appeared in the nation’s mainstream ...
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Jul 12, 2018 · The emotional photos at Emmett’s funeral captured Till-Mobley as she approached her son’s casket. Her body seemed to buckle. Photographers captured her leaning over the casket, to which...
