Both Till and Women Of The Movement tell the story of Mamie Till Mobley, Emmett Till’s mother, as she reckons with the tragic death of her son. Her real-life decision to have an open casket at ...

Mamie Till learns that Private Louis Till has died while in Europe. She is not given a full report of her ex-husband's death. One of his few possessions received by Mamie is a signet ring ...

The Legacy of Emmett Till’s Murder The death of Emmett Till became a galvanizing moment for the civil rights movement. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, made the courageous decision to hold an open ...

“I think everybody needed to know what had happened to Emmett Till,” she said. Mamie's decision would make her son's death a touchstone for a generation. At a church on the South Side of ...

Baton Rouge’s blues community is mourning the death of singer Mamie Porter. A songwriter and vocalist who performed for 30 years with her husband, Smokehouse Porter, she died Saturday at the ...

Baton Rouge musicians are taking to social media to express their grief over the death of blues singer Mamie Porter. “I am so sad to inform you all of the passing of Mamie Porter today,” Henry ...