What were the political causes of British imperialism? A: One of the underlying political causes of British imperialism was the need to strengthen the country, alongside making free trade easier. In addition, the ... Full Answer >
Anticipating the defense's theory that the body removed from the Tallahatchie was not that of Till, the state called to the stand an undertaker, a police identification officer, and finally Till's mother, Mamie Bradley, to--it hoped--eliminate all reasonable doubt on the question.
The FBI is considering exhuming the body of Till, whose unsolved 1955 murder in Money, Mississippi, after whistling at a white woman helped spark the U.S. civil rights movement. Scott Olson / Staff/ Getty Images News/ Getty Images. Key Dates. July 25, 1941: Emmett Till is born.