I think everybody needed to know what had happened to Emmett Till.

- Mamie Till

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

- Mamie Till

If you have to get on your knees and bow when a white person goes past do it willingly.

- Mamie Till

I am pleased that I am able to stand here today and say with a pure heart and meaningful heart that I am against the death penalty. There is no purpo…

- Mamie Till

Have you ever sent a loved son on vacation, and had him returned to you in a pine box, so horribly battered and water-logged that someone needs to te…

- Mamie Till

We cannot afford the luxury of self pity. Our top priority now is to get on with the building process. My personal peace has come through helping boy…

- Mamie Till

Two months ago I had a nice apartment in Chicago. I had a good job. I had a son. When something happened to the Negroes in the South I said, `That's …

- Mamie Till