Emmett Till, a 14 year old African American from Chicago, moves to Money, Mississippi. An innocent child who had never been convicted of a crime ever, gets an undesirable fate forced on him. One day, he visits a local convenience to get basic accouterments. He is then accused of wolf-whistling at the white female, convenience store clerk and groping her as well. He of course hadn't done close to any of those accusations. Days later he is hunted down by the clerk's husband and brother in law. They find Emmett, bring him to a wooded area with a river nearby, do a mix of physical harm to him. They beat him, mutilated him, wrap him in chicken/barb wire, and throw him into a river. His body is later found by the officials, and is ordered back to Chicago by his mother. Mrs. Till wants an open casket funeral for her son instead of a Mississippi cremation. She uses this style of burial to emphasize the racism and murder against her son, for an act that was wrongfully accused on him.
