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Mamie Till-Mobley weeps at her son's funeral on Sept. 6, 1955, in Chicago. The mother of Emmett Till insisted that her son's body be displayed in an open casket forcing the nation to see the brutality directed at Black people. The funerals of Black Americans who are the victims of police brutality or white supremacist violence serve both as outlets for private mourning and as venues to air shared grief and demand justice.

Mamie Till-Mobley weeps at her son’s funeral on Sept. 6, 1955, in Chicago. The mother of Emmett Till insisted that her son’s body be displayed in an open casket forcing the nation to see the brutality directed at Black people. The funerals of Black Americans who are the victims of police brutality or white supremacist violence serve both as outlets for private mourning and as venues to air shared grief and demand justice. (AP Photo/Chicago Sun-Times, File)