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 ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. is the last living witness to one of America’s most notorious lynchings. He was with his cousin, Emmett Till, in 1955 when the 14-year-old was accused of whistling at a ...

Moses Wright identifies the body from a ring with the initials L.T. In Chicago, Mamie Till arrives at the Illinois Central Terminal to receive Emmett's casket. She is surrounded by family and ...

Emmett's death served as a catalyst for the civil-rights movement, and his mom Mamie Till-Mobley famously insisted on an open-casket funeral because "I wanted the world to see what they did to my ...

The last living person to see Emmett Till alive celebrated his memory in ... The next time the reverend saw his cousin, it was in a casket. "I was in denial," said Rev. Parker Jr. "I went to ...

We need to tell the stories. It’s what Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. has been doing for 70 years, and it’s what he did again Friday in Lincoln for a small group who gathered to hear Emmett Till’s ...

That Emmett Till’s body even made it to Chicago from Mississippi demonstrates Mamie Till-Mobley’s determination and resilience. She paid nearly a year’s salary to have his body transported by train ...