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Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley [a] (born Mamie Elizabeth Carthan; November 23, 1921 – January 6, 2003) was an American educator and activist. She was the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old teenager murdered in Mississippi on August 28, 1955, after accusations that he had whistled at a white grocery store cashier named Carolyn Bryant.
Mamie Till-Mobley (born November 23, 1921, near Webb, Mississippi, U.S.—died January 6, 2003, Chicago, Illinois) was an American educator and activist who helped galvanize the emerging civil rights movement after her son, Emmett Till, was murdered in 1955 for allegedly flirting with a white grocery store clerk in Mississippi.
A new film dramatizes the life of Mamie Till-Mobley, who forced America to confront the brutality of her son's 1955 murder
In August and September of 1955, a series of tragic events in rural Mississippi and Chicago’s South Side brought a 14-year-old African American boy’s lynching to national attention. Emmett Till ’s kidnapping, murder, and funeral marked a turning point in America’s understanding of racist violence.
Mamie Till-Mobley was the mother of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old from Chicago who was kidnapped and lynched in Mississippi in 1955. Her brave decision to allow a public viewing and Jet, an African American magazine, to feature photographs of her son’s brutalized body, turned private grief into national tragedy, and galvanized the ...
Mamie Till Mobley. In 1955, Mamie Till was unwillingly thrust into American history by her son's murder. From left: Walter Reed, Willie Reed, Mrs. Mamie Bradley, mother of Emmett Till,...
Mamie Till: More Than A Mother. In August 1955, Mamie Till-Mobley tragically became an agent of change when her 13-year old son, Emmett, was murdered while visiting family in Mississippi.
