Mamie Till-Mobley

CTL-E-0085 · Person · activist · 1950s–2000s

Verified evidence grade of this record

Mother of Emmett Till; Chicago educator whose open-casket decision galvanized the civil rights movement.

The record

Also known as: Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley

Relationships

Bishop Louis Henry Ford — related to
Bishop Ford gave the eulogy at Emmett Till's funeral at Roberts Temple in 1955.

Sources

DuSable Museum of African American History archives (primary source)
NPR retrospective coverage
City of Chicago — Chicago Landmark designation (Emmett Till and Mamie Till- Mobley House, 6427 South St. Lawrence Avenue), Individual Landmarks, data.cityofchicago.org (harvested 2026-10-02) (primary source)

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Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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