Emmett Till's Impact on Civil Rights

They beat him with instruments, with guns,

and one even picked up an axe and

came down across his head, dividing his

head into two parts. I would be wondering

today if I had buried Emmett, if I had not,

uh, forced that box to be opened.

But when it was opened and I saw what was in it, I said, "Oh my

God,

what is this?" 'Cause it looked like, uh, something out of

this world to me. The undertaker asked me,

I tell him, I said, "I want you to leave this body on

display.

Anybody who wants to look at it, I want them to see it."

Emmett died so that men of all colors

could have freedom here on Earth.