Mamie Till

Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley (born Mamie Elizabeth Carthan; November 23, 1921 – January 6, 2003) was an American educator and activist.[1] She took part in the Civil Rights Movement.[2] She was the mother of Emmett Till, who was killed at the age of 14 years old after allegedly offending a white woman.[3] She insisted a open casket for her son for people to see what they had done to him.

References

  1. January 8, Aida Mogos |; 2022; Pm, 5:30. "New ABC Series Tells Life of Mamie Till-Mobley". WTTW News. Retrieved 2022-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. Mitchell, Molli (2022-01-06). "The heroic true story of Emmett Till's mother Mamie". Newsweek. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  3. Pérez-Peña, Richard (2017-01-28). "Woman Linked to 1955 Emmett Till Murder Tells Historian Her Claims Were False" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/us/emmett-till-lynching-carolyn-bryant-donham.html. Retrieved 2022-02-10.