![]() ![]() Jet, an African American weekly magazine, published a photo of Emmett’s corpse, and soon the mainstream media picked up on the story. READ MORE: Shedding Light on the Murder of Emmett Till Open-Casket FuneralĪfter seeing the mutilated remains, she decided to have an open-casket funeral so that all the world could see what racist murderers had done to her only son. Authorities wanted to bury the body quickly, but Till’s mother, Mamie Bradley, requested it be sent back to Chicago. Three days later, his corpse was recovered but was so disfigured that Mose Wright could only identify it by an initialed ring. ![]() After driving around in the night, and perhaps beating Till in a toolhouse behind Milam’s residence, they drove him down to the Tallahatchie River. ![]() Despite pleas from Wright, they forced Emmett into their car.
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