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Emmett Till (born July 25, 1941, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died August 28, 1955, Money, Mississippi) was an African American teenager whose murder catalyzed the emerging civil rights movement. Till was born to working-class parents on the South Side of Chicago.
In September of 1955, Mamie Till-Mobley made a choice that galvanized the civil rights movement. When the body of her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, was found in the Tallahatchie River, Till-Mobley fought to have his body returned to their hometown of Chicago.
El final de Till muestra la lucha de Mamie Till-Mobley por la justicia tras el brutal asesinato de su hijo Emmett. Sus acciones ayudaron a desencadenar el movimiento por los derechos civiles. Till, dirigida por Chinonye Chukwu, cuenta la trágica historia de Emmett Till, un niño afroamericano de 14 años linchado en Mississippi en 1955.
Emmett Till’s kidnapping, murder, and funeral marked a turning point in America’s understanding of racist violence. Mamie Till-Mobley’s courage in showing the brutality done to her son highlighted racial injustice and helped inspire the modern civil rights movement.
The new exhibit “Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See” explores Till’s life and death, and how his mother’s decision to hold an open-casket funeral displaying her son’s ...
Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American teenaged boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store.
Mamie Carthan was an ordinary African-American woman growing up in 1930s Chicago, living under the strong, steady influence of her mother’s care. She fell in love with and married Louis Till, and while the marriage didn’t last, they did have a beautiful baby boy, Emmett.
