Keith Beauchamp contributed to the reopening of Emmett Tills murder case by going around to colleges around the world and presenting his unfinished documentary. Stanley Nelson also contributed by going to the county Emmett was murdered in and demanding the police reopen the case.
Emmett Tills mother, Mamie Mobley, decide that Emmett Tills funeral should be open casket. I think she came to this decision to help prove just how brutal society was to Negro’s at the time, although many did find this decision inappropriate.
Mr Nelson’s feelings on his documentary ” The Murder of Emmett TIll ” sates that he is honored to have made the film, although it was emotion and difficult for him.