Like many Black people in America, director Chinonye Chukwu grew up learning about the story of Emmett Till ... But Mamie's decision to hold an open-casket funeral for her son, and to publish ...

“No, they have to see it for themselves,” Mobley tells a funeral director who wants to dress ... and his relationship with Mamie Till Mobley and Emmett Till’s cousin, Simeon Wright who ...

Lead actress Danielle Deadwyler famously missed out on the nomination many experts predicted she'd receive for her starring role as Mamie Till-Mobley ... a picture of the director with civil ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Till 4 out of 5 Stars Director ... and turn their attention to Mamie Till-Mobley and her decision to have an open casket at her son’s funeral. They’ve also stuck ...

Mamie Till-Mobley decided to hold an open-casket funeral. When the funeral director asked if he should retouch Emmett’s distorted face to make him more presentable, Mamie Till-Mobley responded ...

Thousands attended his funeral ... as Mamie Till-Mobley. Despite extensive promotion and an executive producer roster that included Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Will Smith and director Gina Prince ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with executive director Patrick Weems on the announcement of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley ... system by having a public funeral, having an open casket ...

Till tells their compelling story. Writer/director Chinonye Chukwu ... We do see Emmett’s terribly disfigured face and Mamie demanding an open-casket funeral for the world to see.

Mamie made a stunning decision -- Emmett would have an open casket funeral. "I think everybody needed to know what had happened to Emmett Till," she said. Some 50,000 people streamed in to view ...

Emmett Till Interpretive Center Education Director Benjamin Saulsberry ... 1955 — just a week or two after Mamie Till-Mobley held Till’s open casket funeral. Because of that funeral, national ...

Mamie made a stunning decision -- Emmett would have an open casket funeral. "I think everybody needed to know what had happened to Emmett Till," she said. Some 50,000 people streamed in to view ...