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Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley [a] (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.
A new film dramatizes the life of Mamie Till-Mobley, who forced America to confront the brutality of her son’s 1955 murder. Jalyn Hall (left) as Emmett Till and Danielle Deadwyler (right) as...
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.
Life Story: Mamie Till-Mobley (1921-2003) Mother and Activist The story of a grieving mother who insisted on informing the world about the horrifying lynching of her son, Emmett Till.
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.
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...
The three-part series forms a powerful narrative about the life of teacher and activist Mamie Till-Mobley, whose son Emmett Till was only 14 years old when he was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by a group of men in 1955.
