Mamie Till
American schoolteacher and mother of Emmett Till / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley[lower-alpha 1] (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. 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."[2]
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Born | Mamie Elizabeth Carthan (1921-11-23)November 23, 1921 Webb, Mississippi, U.S. |
Died | January 6, 2003(2003-01-06) (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 |
Born in Mississippi, Carthan had moved, as a child, with her parents to the Chicago area during the "Great Migration". After her son's murder, Mamie Till became an educator and activist in the Civil Rights Movement.