What is Mamie Till?
'''Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley''' (born '''Mamie Elizabeth Carthan'''; November 23, 1921 – January 6, 2003) was an American educator and activist.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=January 8|first1=Aida Mogos {{!}}|last2=2022|last3=Pm|first3=5:30|title=New ABC Series Tells Life of Mamie Till-Mobley|url=https://news.wttw.com/2022/01/08/new-abc-series-tells-life-mamie-till-mobley|access-date=2022-02-10|website=WTTW News|language=en}}</ref> She took part in the [[Civil Rights Movement]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Molli|date=2022-01-06|title=The heroic true story of Emmett Till's mother Mamie|url=https://www.newsweek.com/women-movement-abc-who-mamie-till-emmett-till-mother-1666269|access-date=2022-02-10|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref> She was the mother of [[Emmett Till]], who was killed at the age of 14 years old after allegedly offending a white woman.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pérez-Peña|first=Richard|date=2017-01-28|title=Woman Linked to 1955 Emmett Till Murder Tells Historian Her Claims Were False|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/us/emmett-till-lynching-carolyn-bryant-donham.html|access-date=2022-02-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She insisted a open casket for her son for people to see what they had done to him. == References == <references /> {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Till, Manie}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2003 deaths]]