Mamie Till
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) New York, Buffalo, 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 (born Mamie Elizabeth Carthan; November 23, 1921 – January 6, 2003) was an American educator and activist in the Civil rights movement who 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."