Mamie's mother, a member of the fundamentalist ... The Civil Rights movement was officially born. More than 30 years passed before Emmett Till's story would find renewed national interest ...

Rather than have a quick funeral, Till’s mother Mamie insisted on a public service ... because this is more than a tragedy; it’s a story about a mother’s unwavering love of her son and ...

Emmett's mother ... is selected. Mamie Till Bradley departs from Chicago's Midway Airport to attend the trial. September 20, 1955 Judge Curtis Swango recesses the court to allow more witnesses ...

Vincent Williams will direct “The Face of Emmett Till,” which Emmett’s mother Mamie Till-Mobley and playwright ... angle of appreciating the facts than what’s in most history books.

A new national monument for Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, will consist of three federally protected sites in Illinois and Mississippi. Here are the locations of the sites → ...

M. Spencer Green / AP Images In 1955, Emmett Till—a 14-year-old African-American visiting Mississippi from Chicago—was murdered after whistling at a white woman. His mother insisted that her ...

In the summer of 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, tortured and lynched while visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi. The determination of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley ... and thrown in ...