Inside the harrowing decision to show Emmett Till's brutalized body on network TV
by Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times
Jan 07, 2022
2 minutes
The conclusion of the first night of ABC's "Women of the Movement," which chronicles Mamie Till-Mobley's quest for justice following the brutal killing of her son Emmett Till, is both powerful and harrowing.
In a scene that takes place in a funeral home, Till-Mobley (played by Adrienne Warren) views her son's mutilated body for the first time. The 14-year-old was kidnapped, tortured and lynched by racists in the Jim Crow
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