Mamie Till, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mamie Till

American schoolteacher

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1921

Place of Birth: Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 06-Jan-2012

Profession: writer, teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley (born Mamie Elizabeth Carthan; November 23, 1921 – January 6, 2003) was an American educator and activist.
She was the mother of Emmett Till, who was murdered in Mississippi on August 28, 1955, at the age of 14, after being accused of flirting with a white cashier woman, Carolyn Bryant (who later admitted she lied about the whole interaction), at the grocery store.
For her son's 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, Till-Mobley moved with her parents to the Chicago area during the Great Migration.
After her son's murder she became an educator and activist in the Civil Rights Movement.