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.

2023年7月24日 · In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled to Money, Mississippi, to visit relatives. He was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered after reportedly whistling at a white woman. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open-casket funeral near their hometown of Chicago.

2025年1月2日 · Mamie Till-Mobley 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.

2022年10月5日 · On August 31, 1955, the body of 14-year-old Emmett Till was found in the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi. His corpse was so mutilated that he could only be identified by his ring. And Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, was devastated when she found out what happened to him.

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, Michigan congressman...

2003年1月6日 · 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 Modern Civil ...

2024年9月26日 · Emmett Till’s kidnapping, murder, and funeral marked a turning point in America’s understanding of racist violence. Mamie Till-Mobley’s courage in showing the brutality done to her son highlighted racial injustice and helped inspire the modern civil rights movement.

Mamie worked long hours as a secretary, so Emmett cooked and cleaned for his family. That Christmas, Mamie gave Emmett a new suit, and the two posed for a family portrait. The following summer, Mamie’s Uncle Moses invited Emmett to visit his Mississippi farm for two weeks.

2023年3月10日 · Mamie Till-Mobley (sometimes referred to as Mamie Till-Bradley) was an African American woman who became an iconic figure in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s following the brutal murder of her young son, Emmett Till.

"Let the world see what they did to my boy"—Mamie Till-Mobley. Local officials tried to cover up the incident. Upon the discovery of Emmett’s body, the sheriff ordered that he be buried before sundown. Word reached Chicago and Mamie demanded that her son be returned home.