Podcast series about Mrs. Mamie Till-Mobley

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Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till-Mobley Podcast - ABC Audio

In the summer of 1955, a boy named Emmett Till was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in Mississippi. His death could've been forgotten, but his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, made sure America would never forget his name. By sharing the haunting image of her son's body, Mamie sparked what would...

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Nice

 

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Mamie Till-Mobley’s early life outside of Chicago was shaped by family, faith, and education — values she would later pass on to her only son, Emmett

 

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Following the murder of her son, Mamie Till-Mobley takes the stand to testify, speaking her truth not only to a crowded courtroom, but an entire nation.

 

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After the verdict is handed down, Mamie Till-Mobley turns her grief into a rallying cry for justice and becomes an important figure in the civil rights movement.

 

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The New York Times ran two opinion pieces within about a week after uvalde advocating for photos of the dead kids to be released on some Emmett till reasoning.

 

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Apparently the parents of sandy hook all got together to try and make it illegal to do that with their kids’ photos. You could see some parents wanting the opposite though.

The opinion pieces were pretty weird and craven. Saying we should release a single photo to run in every major newspaper every time there’s a mass shooting, but that any released video would be ‘ghoulish’ like where are these people coming from

 

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