Simeon Wright, 67, is Emmett Till's cousin and was with him the ... Why did you decide to donate the casket to the Smithsonian? Donating it to the Smithsonian was beyond our wildest dreams.

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 ...

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 ...