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Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley | |
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 Till-Mobley during an interview outside the courthouse before Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam were acquitted for the murder of her son Emmett Till, September 23, 1955 | |
| Born | Mamie Elizabeth Carthan November 23, 1921 Webb, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | January 6, 2003 (aged 81) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Other names | Mamie Till-Bradley |
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| Years active | 1955–2003 |
| Known for | Mother of Chicago teenager Emmett Till who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955 |
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| Children | Emmett Till |
| Awards | Congressional Gold Medal |
Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley[a] (born Mamie Elizabeth Carthan; November 23, 1921 – January 6, 2003) was the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old youth murdered in Mississippi on August 28, 1955, after being accused of offending a white grocery store cashier named Carolyn Bryant. For Emmett's funeral in Chicago, Mamie Till insisted that the coffin containing his body be left open because, in her words, "I wanted the world to see what they did to my baby."[2] After her son's murder, Mamie Till became an educator and activist in the Civil Rights Movement.
- ^ "American National Biography Online: Bradley, Mamie Till". www.anb.org. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ^ Mitchell, Jerry (August 28, 2020). "See the photo Emmett Till's mother wanted you to see — the one that inspired a generation to join the civil rights movement". Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. Archived from the original on August 15, 2021.
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