Mamie Till-Mobley turned personal tragedy into a pivotal moment for the Civil Rights Movement when she insisted on an open-casket funeral for her brutally murdered son, Emmett Till, in 1955. In the heat of August 1955, a young African-American boy, Emmett Till, was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, when he was abducted, tortured, and killed, reportedly for whistling at a white woman. The grotesque brutality of his murder shocked the nation, but it was his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley's resp

Shurden Plantation in Drew, MS Where Emmett Till was brutally beaten and lost his life..We are now on the Till Trail of Tears and Terror Historical Guided Bus Tour from Jackson, Mississippi to key sites and museums , including the Emmett Till and Mamie Till Mobley National Monuments and more in the Mississippi Delta. Emmett Till 70th Year Anniversary Commemoration weekend activities and Educational Tour. #EmmettTill #EmmettTill70 | #WeAreTheLegacy| #ETLF20 | #SayHisName | #JusticeForEmmettTill S