In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was beaten to death for supposedly flirting with a white woman at a convenience store. He was beaten so badly that his face was left horrifically disfigured. Till's mother chose to have an open casket funeral for her son, forcing those who saw him to confront the atrocities of racism in America. Widespread images of Till in his casket were credited with galvanizing the civil rights movement. ____________ had a similar iconic effect, prompting broad popular discourse and action in a social movement.

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NASA's Whole Earth is credited with helping to spark the environmental movement in the 1960s and 1970s by providing a new perspective on the fragile nature of our planet and the need for global action to protect it.

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