Emmett Till was a black teenager from Chicago. He went to Mississippi in 1955 to visit relatives. He came home in a coffin.
His funeral made him a historic reference.
Emmett's mother insisted that the body be brought back to Chicago and be given a public viewing. His horribly disfigured body went on public display. Mourners looked upon a body bloated by several days in the river, a skull split open by either a gunshot or an ax.
People fainted at the sight. But they remembered. They remembered both Emmett and the senseless way he died. So what could a reporter possibly say that would be new?
A lot.
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