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Aliases: Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley , Mamie Elizabeth Carthan , Mamie Till

Gender: Female

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Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley (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 boy murdered in Mississippi on August 28, 1955, after accusations that he had whistled at a white woman, a grocery store cashier named Carolyn Bryant. For Emmett's funeral, in Chicago, Mamie Till insisted that the casket containing his body be left open, because, in her words, "I wanted the world to see what they did to my baby." Born in Mississippi, she had moved, as a child, with her parents to the Chicago area during the "Great Migration". After her son's murder, she became an educator and activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Mamie Till, licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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(2004) Self (archive footage)
The Murder of Emmett Till
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The Murder of Emmett Till

(2003) Self (archive footage)

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2005 N/A
2004 Self (archive footage)
2003 Self (archive footage)
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2003 In Memory Of
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