The mother of the victim of this event insisted on displaying him in an (*) open casket to show the brutal damage done to him, such as gouged-out eyes.
A shocking photo of the aftermath of this event was published on the front cover of the Chicago Defender. Several months after this event, the perpetrators confessed their actions and sold their story to Look magazine for $4,000. The jury took only 67 minutes to acquit in the trial following this event, regardless of Hugh White's promise of a vigorous prosecution and Moses Wright's accusations. The mother of the victim of this event insisted on displaying him in an (*) open casket to show the brutal damage done to him, such as gouged-out eyes. Medgar Evers became prominent because of his investigations into this event, whose victim was dragged out of the Tallahatchie River three days after being taken to a barn and shot. For 10 points, identify this 1955 event in which two white Mississippians killed a black teen for flirting with a white woman.
A shocking photo of the aftermath of this event was published on the front cover of the Chicago Defender.
murder of Emmett Till [accept anything indicating someone killing Emmett Till; accept the murder trial about Emmett Till until "following this event" is read]