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How Did the Decision Made by Emmett Till's Mother to Insist

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How did the decision made by Emmett Till's mother to insist on an open-casket funeral for her murdered son affect the struggle for civil rights?


A) Photographs of Till's mutilated body appeared in African American magazines and made its readers realize that northern African Americans were also vulnerable to racist violence.
B) Photographs of Till's mutilated body were circulated in the nation's most popular news magazines and convinced many southern white readers to oppose segregation and racist violence.
C) The photographs of Till's mutilated body swayed an all-white jury to find his murderers guilty.
D) After seeing the photographs of Till's mutilated body, President Eisenhower ordered federal troops to Mississippi to protect African Americans from further racist violence.

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