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The Book Case

Introducing 'Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till-Mobley'

The Book Case

ABC News

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.7913 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

You may know the story of Emmett Till. But you might’ve never heard his story if it weren't for one woman: Mamie Till-Mobley. In a new three-part season of ABC News' "Reclaimed" podcast, host Leah Wright Rigueur explores who Mamie Till-Mobley was before she lost her son: a young girl growing up in Illinois. Rigueur traces Mamie's journey after Emmett’s death, and how she turned her grief into a movement that changed the course of American history. The first two episodes of "Reclaimed" are available now. To listen, follow the show on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3zofsOC), Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3PSLBDU), Amazon Music (https://amzn.to/3tgHfNf), or wherever you like to listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, listeners, it's Kate, and I want to tell you about a new podcast I think you'll like from my colleagues at ABC Audio.

0:05.9

This season, Reclaim tells the story of a civil rights icon who paved the way for so many.

0:11.7

Before Rosa Parks, before Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., there was Mamie Till Mobley.

0:17.0

When her son, Emma Till was brutally murdered in 1955, Mamie turned her grief into a battle cry for justice, holding an open casket funeral, forcing the world to see what was done to her son's body.

0:29.1

Reclaimed, the story of Mamie Till Mobley is about a mom who wouldn't let the world forget her son.

0:34.2

You're about to hear the trailer for the season of Reclaimed. While you're listening, I hope

0:37.8

you'll click the link in our episode description and follow the show or search Reclaimed in your

0:41.8

podcast app and follow the series that way. The first two episodes are out now and a third is coming

0:46.2

next week. Here's the trailer. I grew up hearing the name Emmett Till. When I was a child,

0:53.4

my parents and grandparents told me bits and pieces of his story.

0:58.3

But I didn't fully understand what happened to him.

1:01.9

Until I turned 14, the same age as Emmett when he was murdered.

1:06.8

That's when I finally saw that picture.

1:09.6

It's a photo that sticks with you.

1:11.3

It's one that haunt you.

1:13.5

Look at that point.

1:15.3

My sisters and I were afraid of the picture.

1:17.7

That picture is stayed with me throughout my life.

1:22.5

If they say a picture is worth a thousand words,

1:25.1

an image like that is worth a million lives.

1:30.7

Emmett Till, lying in a casket, brutally beaten.

1:36.4

It's an image you can never unsee.

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