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Brandon M. Erby

"Till," the ongoing quest for Emmett

Mrs Mamie Bradley (center) reacts as the body of her son, Emmett Till, is lowered into his grave during the funeral, September 1955. (The Abbott Sengstacke Family Papers/Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images)

After 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, severely beaten and killed in the Mississippi Delta on Aug. 28, 1955, his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, made the courageous decision to reveal her son's corpse for all to see.

Till-Mobley's choice allowed audiences to bear witness to an act of racial violence, and the new film "Till" promises to unveil the complete story of how she responded to her son's brutal death.

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