The Mother Who Wants Politicians to See Photos of Her Child’s Bullet-Riddled Body

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18. A brave woman in the footsteps of Emmett Till's mother

The Face of Emmett Till (UPDATED)
So I lived in southern Mississippi. Emmett Till, this 14-year old black boy, who'd gone to Tallahatchie County, Money, Mississippi in the Delta, to visit his great uncle for summer holiday, from Chicago, was lynched. And as a child of 12, I can not remember having felt more vulnerable, more frightened, more--but at the same time more angry. And I can remember my 12-year old anger very, very much.

And when I met people like Judy and SNCC in 1962, '63, all of us remembered the photograph of Emmett Till's face, lying in the coffin, on the cover of Jet Magazine. [...] And when I met Mrs. Mamie Bradley, Emmett Till's mother, many years later, I asked her, "Why did you not have the undertaker do some cosmetic work on his face?" And her response was that, "I wanted the world to see what they did to my baby."

If you follow the link you will see the horrible picture of Emmett in his coffin.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/05/14/731205/-The-Face-of-Emmett-Till-UPDATED