Mamie Elizabeth Carthan
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Mamie Elizabeth Carthan, later known as Mamie Till-Mobley, was an American educator and civil rights activist best known as the mother of Emmett Till, whose brutal 1955 lynching galvanized the modern Civil Rights Movement.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mamie Elizabeth Carthan canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American person
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civil rights activist ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mamie Till
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Mamie Till-Mobley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Mamie Elizabeth Carthan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| child | Emmett Till NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Christopher Benson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-11-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2003-01-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Chicago public schools NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Carthan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | autobiography ⓘ |
| givenName | Mamie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
advocate for federal civil rights legislation
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public speaker against racial violence ⓘ |
| influenced |
American civil rights activism
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later generations of civil rights leaders ⓘ |
| knownFor |
galvanizing the modern Civil Rights Movement after Emmett Till’s lynching
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mother of Emmett Till ⓘ |
| livedDuring |
Civil Rights Movement era
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Jim Crow era in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Elizabeth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | American Civil Rights Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
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Open-casket funeral of Emmett Till NERFINISHED ⓘ co-founding the Emmett Till Players ⓘ public campaign for justice for Emmett Till ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
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school administrator ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Mississippi
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Tallahatchie County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ Webb, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Chicago, Illinois
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Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Gene Mobley
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Louis Till NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
film "The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till"
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numerous documentaries on Emmett Till ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mamie Till-Mobley