Dr. Gwinette returns and determines that the fetus is indeed shrinking . When Henry says that he is the father , Dr. Gwinette insists that he will not work for an interracial couple . Emily insists that Henry kidnapped her hits him with a lamp , then Dr. Gwinette drives her away . After being touched by the old man , Henry finally sees the spirit of Emmett , who laments that he went through a lot of hell for nothing because Henry is voting against the interests of his people . Henry is then visited by the spirit of Carol Denise McNair and her friends from Sunday school who were killed in the bombing at 16th Street Baptist Church . This is followed by a visit from James Chaney , Andrew Goodman , and Michael Schwerner as well as Medgar Evers and Dr. King . The final visitor is Mamie Till , Emmett 's mother who insisted on a public funeral service with an open casket so that her son 's beaten face could be photographed and seen by the public . The old man explains that if Emmett chooses to live instead of die then his sacrifice will never occur and the civil rights movement will not progress to the point where Henry has a choice at all
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