Simeon Wright, 67, is Emmett Till's cousin and was with him the ... feel about Emmett's mother's decision to hold the funeral with an open casket? Well, an open casket is a common thing in African ...

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 ...

A new national monument for Emmett Till and his mother ... is where Emmett’s funeral was held in September 1955. His mother insisted on an open casket. An estimated 250,000 mourners came.

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

(KTAL/KMSS) – A play about Emmett Till that features a local cast will ... Emmett’s mother Mamie had an open-casket funeral ...