In the days that followed the acquittal of the white murderers of Emmett Till, an estimated 100,000 people turned out to protest the decision, while the NAACP planned a civil lawsuit against the killers and their accomplices, according to "Death of Innocence." At the same time, Mamie Till-Mobley formed a highly influential alliance with the NAACP to amplify public awareness of the brutality of the killing and the injustice that had subsequently been allowed to occur in the State of Mississippi.
Till-Mobley embarked on a speaking tour, talking to packed crowds at churches and community centers across the country — telling her story, describing the pressing need for change, and in the process, attracting a huge number of donations for the NAACP from her rapt audiences.
However, the alliance between the mother of Emmett Till, the grieving mother who had moved Black America with her incredible strength — even at the trial under examination from the defense, she refused to cry, lest she give any sense of weakness, according to New-York Historical Society – was sadly not to last.
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