Mamie Till-Mobley
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Mamie Till-Mobley was an American educator and civil rights activist whose decision to publicize the brutal lynching of her son Emmett Till helped galvanize the modern Civil Rights Movement.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mamie Till-Mobley canonical | 2 |
| Mamie Carthan Till | 1 |
| Mamie Till | 1 |
| Mamie Till-Mobley Memorial Foundation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2005345 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mamie Till-Mobley Context triple: [Emmett Till, mother, Mamie Till-Mobley]
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A.
Myrlie Evers
Myrlie Evers is an American civil rights activist, author, and former NAACP chair best known for her decades-long advocacy for racial justice following the assassination of her husband, Medgar Evers.
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B.
Christine King Farris
Christine King Farris was an American educator, author, and civil rights activist, best known as the eldest sister of Martin Luther King Jr. and a longtime steward of his legacy.
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C.
Marie Drinkard Epps
Marie Drinkard Epps is a gospel singer best known as a member of the pioneering family group The Drinkard Singers, which helped shape modern gospel and soul music.
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D.
Gloria Hatrick McLean
Gloria Hatrick McLean was an American actress and model best known as the longtime wife of Hollywood star James Stewart and for her involvement in social and charitable activities.
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E.
Lucille Wilson
Lucille Wilson was the fourth wife of jazz legend Louis Armstrong, known for her long marriage to him and for preserving and promoting his legacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mamie Till-Mobley Target entity description: Mamie Till-Mobley was an American educator and civil rights activist whose decision to publicize the brutal lynching of her son Emmett Till helped galvanize the modern Civil Rights Movement.
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A.
Myrlie Evers
Myrlie Evers is an American civil rights activist, author, and former NAACP chair best known for her decades-long advocacy for racial justice following the assassination of her husband, Medgar Evers.
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B.
Christine King Farris
Christine King Farris was an American educator, author, and civil rights activist, best known as the eldest sister of Martin Luther King Jr. and a longtime steward of his legacy.
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C.
Marie Drinkard Epps
Marie Drinkard Epps is a gospel singer best known as a member of the pioneering family group The Drinkard Singers, which helped shape modern gospel and soul music.
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D.
Gloria Hatrick McLean
Gloria Hatrick McLean was an American actress and model best known as the longtime wife of Hollywood star James Stewart and for her involvement in social and charitable activities.
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E.
Lucille Wilson
Lucille Wilson was the fourth wife of jazz legend Louis Armstrong, known for her long marriage to him and for preserving and promoting his legacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
author ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
anti-lynching legislation
ⓘ
education for African American youth ⓘ racial justice ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mamie Till-Mobley
ⓘ
surface form:
Mamie Carthan Till
Mamie Till-Mobley ⓘ
surface form:
Mamie Till
|
| birthName | Mamie Elizabeth Carthan ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| child |
Murder of Emmett Till
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surface form:
Emmett Till
|
| coAuthor | Christopher Benson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-11-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2003-01-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Argo Community High School
ⓘ
Chicago Teachers College North ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago Teachers College
Loyola University Chicago ⓘ |
| era |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights
ⓘ
education ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| inspired |
civil rights activism in the late 1950s and 1960s
ⓘ
increased national attention to racial violence in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
galvanizing the modern Civil Rights Movement
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insisting on an open-casket funeral for Emmett Till ⓘ publicizing the lynching of her son Emmett Till in 1955 ⓘ |
| movement |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
surface form:
American Civil Rights Movement
|
| name | Mamie Till-Mobley self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent | decision to allow Jet magazine to publish photographs of Emmett Till’s mutilated body ⓘ |
| notableWork | Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America ⓘ |
| occupation |
school administrator
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Webb, Mississippi, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| spouse |
Gene Mobley
ⓘ
Louis Till ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
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various documentaries about Emmett Till ⓘ |
| taughtSubject |
elementary education
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special education ⓘ |
| workedAt | Chicago Public Schools ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mamie Till-Mobley Description of subject: Mamie Till-Mobley was an American educator and civil rights activist whose decision to publicize the brutal lynching of her son Emmett Till helped galvanize the modern Civil Rights Movement.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Emmett Till
this entity surface form:
Mamie Till
this entity surface form:
Mamie Carthan Till
subject surface form:
Mamie Till-Mobley
this entity surface form:
Mamie Till-Mobley Memorial Foundation