Two African Americans sitting in a room and smiling toward the camera.
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley, ca. 1954. NAACP Records, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument

National Monument · Mississippi · National Park Service

In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled to Money, Mississippi, to visit relatives. He was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered after reportedly whistling at a white woman. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open-casket funeral near their hometown of Chicago. Her brave decision let the world see the racist violence inflicted upon her son and set the Civil Rights Movement into motion.

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    Battiest Photography / National Trust for Historic Preservation
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