
Mamie Till-Mobley
Mamie Till-Mobley was the mother of Emmett Till, whose brutal murder in 1955 became a pivotal moment in the American civil rights movement. She courageously insisted on an open-casket funeral to show the world the horrific consequences of racial violence, helping to galvanize public outrage and activism against systemic racism.
Born on Nov 23, 1921 (103 years old)
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Till's lynching and the subsequent activism of his mother Mamie Till-Mobley helped galvanise the civil rights movement in the US.
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