Roy Bryant and
J. W. Milam in Money, Mississippi on August 28, 1955. It launched a new era in the modern civil rights movement. Tillâs mother, Mamie Till, allowed Jet Magazine to publish pictures of his mangled body in an effort to show the world what racists in Mississippi had done to her only child.
Chambers, the creator of
The
Jazzspel, became personal friends with Tillâs mother in 2000 when he executive produced a play called âThe State of Mississippi vs. Emmett Tillâ and brought it to San Diegoâs Educational Cultural Complex. â
I absolutely loved Mrs. Mamie Till Mobley.
She became a surrogate grandmother to me,â said the 9-times Emmy and Golden Mike Award-winning producer.
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