MAMIE TILL-MOBLEY became a voice for change when her fourteen-year-old son, Emmett Till, was brutally murdered while visiting the South in
1955. His death became a rallying point for the Civil Rights Movement, a movement ignited when his mother propelled his name to the forefront of history.

Her story is a testament to the power of love and one woman's unwavering pursuit for justice. Mamie fearlessly refused to allow America to turn away from what happened to her only child. She turned pain into a legacy that ensured her son's life mattered.

As the original Mother of the Movement, Mamie Till-Mobley forever reminds us—even during the ugliest days—to choose dignity, to choose voice, and, most of all, to choose brave.

From the dust jacket