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Mamie BradleyMamie Till Mamie Till American schoolteacher and mother of Emmett Till Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley[a] (born Mamie Elizabeth Carthan; November 23, 1921 – January 6, 2003), an American educator and civil rights activist, was the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old youth murdered in Mississippi on August 28, 1955, after being accused of offending a white grocery store cashier named Carolyn Bryant. For Emmett's funeral in Chicago, Mamie Till insisted that the coffin containing his body be left open because, in her words, "I wanted the world to see what they did to my baby."[2] Quick facts Born, Died ... Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley Till-Mobley during an interview outside the courthouse before Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam were acquitted for the murder… (Source: Wikipedia)
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