By Victor Trammell Photo credits: ABC Early Life and Origin Mamie Till-Mobley’s (born Mamie Carthan) 1921 birthplace was in the state of Mississippi. Her parents relocated to the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, while she was just two years of age. Carthan's life was affected by the Great Migration. She returned to Mississippi to see her relatives during […]

The post January 6: Activist Mamie Till-Mobley Died at the Age of 81 on This Day in 2003 appeared first on Black Then.