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.
Roy Bryant, left, who brutally murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till, is pictured with his wife Carolyn, right, who accused Till of whistling at her in Mississippi in 1955. Emmett's mother insisted on an open-casket funeral for Emmett to show the world what racism did to her young son.