In 1955, JET magazine published a photograph that changed the scope of the civil rights movement forever—the body of Emmett Till at his open-casket funeral. After permission was given to run the image (taken by David Jackson) via Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, the photograph sparked decades long household conversations that unveiled America’s ugliest truth. Today, after more than 200 failed attempts– President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, making lynching a federal hate c

On Aug. 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was abducted and brutally murdered. His devastated mother, Mamie, held an open-casket funeral and shared photos of her son with the press. She said, "The whole nation had to bear witness to this." Watch Emmett Till's story: https://comca.st/3KtFUdj | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement