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.

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}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)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". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-10.

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