What were the political causes of British imperialism? A: One of the underlying political causes of British imperialism was the need to strengthen the country, alongside making free trade easier. In addition, the ... Full Answer >
Anticipating the defense's theory that the body removed from the Tallahatchie was not that of Till, the state called to the stand an undertaker, a police identification officer, and finally Till's mother, Mamie Bradley, to--it hoped--eliminate all reasonable doubt on the question.
It was an image that shocked America. When her 14-year-old son Emmett was killed by white racists while visiting relatives in the Mississippi delta in 1955, Mamie Till Mobley insisted that his coffin be left open so that people could see how his childâs face had been pummeled to a pulp.