iamBullivant on Nostr: On 28 August 1955, while visiting family in Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till was ...

On 28 August 1955, while visiting family in Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched. Till was then vilified by the mainstream press. Headlines from newspapers such as the Washington Post referred to him as the “Wolf-Whistler.” Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley’s courageous decision to have an open casket funeral, and share photos of her son’s mutilated body with the world, helped inspire the modern Civil Rights Movement.

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