Mamie Till Mobley

Mamie Elizabeth TillMobley born Mamie Elizabeth Carthan November 23 1921 January 6 2003 was an American educator and activist She was the mother of Emmett Till the 14yearold boy murdered in Mississippi on August 28 1955 after accusations that he had whistled at a white woman a grocery store cashier named Carolyn Bryant For Emmetts 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 Born in Mississippi she had moved as a child with her parents to the Chicago area during the Great Migration After her sons murder she became an educator and activist in the Civil Rights Movement Description above is from the Wikipedia article Mamie Till licensed under CCBYSA Full list of contributors on Wikipedia