Till-Mobley

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Till-Mobley is the hyphenated surname of Mamie Till-Mobley, the American educator and civil rights activist whose son Emmett Till’s 1955 lynching became a catalyst for the modern Civil Rights Movement.

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instanceOf civil rights activist
educator
human
advocatedFor anti-lynching legislation
civil rights education
racial justice
afterTheEvent became a prominent public speaker on racial violence
birthDate 1921-11-23
birthName Mamie Elizabeth Carthan NERFINISHED
causeOfNotability response to the 1955 lynching of her son Emmett Till
child Emmett Till NERFINISHED
coAuthor Christopher Benson NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2003-01-06
educatedAt Chicago Teachers College NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Till-Mobley NERFINISHED
genre memoir
givenName Mamie NERFINISHED
hasHyphenatedSurname Till-Mobley NERFINISHED
inspired civil rights leaders and activists of the 1950s and 1960s
knownFor insisting on an open-casket funeral for Emmett Till
mother of Emmett Till
role in catalyzing the modern Civil Rights Movement
languageOfWorkOrName English
legacy symbol of maternal activism in the Civil Rights Movement
movement American Civil Rights Movement NERFINISHED
notableWork Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America NERFINISHED
Open-casket funeral of Emmett Till NERFINISHED
occupation civil rights activist
school administrator
teacher
placeOfBirth Webb, Mississippi NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
residence Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED
sexOrGender female
spouse Gene Mobley NERFINISHED
Louis Till NERFINISHED
subjectOf film "Women of the Movement" NERFINISHED
numerous documentaries about Emmett Till
workedIn Chicago public schools NERFINISHED

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Mamie Till-Mobley insisted on open-casket funeral familyName Till-Mobley
subject surface form: Mamie Till-Mobley