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“When people saw what had happened to my son, men stood up who had never stood up before.”

Quote by Mamie Till

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Mamie Till was a key figure in the civil rights movement, known for her advocacy and activism in the aftermath of the brutal murder of her son, Emmett Till. Born on November 23, 1921, Till was a wife and mother before emerging as a prominent civil rights activist. Her bravery and perseverance in demanding justice for her son's death ignited the civil rights movement. more

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“And the fact that Emmett Till, a young black man, could be found floating down the river in Mississippi, as, indeed, many had been done over the years, this set in concrete the determination of people to move forward.”

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“I thought about Emmett Till, and I could not go back. My legs and feet were not hurting, that is a stereotype. I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.”

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“I think the picture in Jet magazine showing Emmett Till's mutilation was probably the greatest media product in the last forty or fifty years because that picture stimulated a lot of interest and anger on the part of blacks all over the country.”

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“I finally made up my mind that I would neither disclaim the black race nor claim the white race; but that I would change my name, raise a mustache, and let the world take me for what it would; that it was not necessary for me to go about with a label of inferiority pasted across my forehead.”

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Book:The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

Source: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

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Source: The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays

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