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Mamie Elizabeth Till

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Profession
Activist
Died
Jan 6, 2003
Zodiac
Sagittarius
Born in
Mississippi
About
American educator and activist who became known as she was the mother of Emmett Till. After the murder of her son, she became a public speaker and activist, working closely with the NAACP. She and her son were posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal which was put on display at the Museum of African American History. She died of heart failure in 2003, and the monument dedicated to her says "Her pain united a nation."
Family
Her father was Nash Carthan and her mother was Alma Carthan. Her brother's name was John. She had three husbands over the course of her life, Louis Till, who fathered Emmett, Pink Bradley, and Gene Mobley.

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