When Emmett died, I was at a loss.

I didn't know what to do.

I didn't have the ambition to go back to work.

I didn't, I was just inside myself.

In fact, I was contemplating suicide.

Her son was gone. His killers were free.

She had risked everything to look them in the eye in the Mississippi courtroom, only to walk away with nothing.

When your world falls apart,

how do you pick up the pieces and move on?

From ABC Audio,

this is Reclained,

the story of Mamie Till Mobley.

I'm Leah Wright-Rigur.

Episode 3, Justice. Since the day the call came that Emmett was missing, Mamie Till Mobley was without peace. In a matter of weeks, her life had completely changed shape.

She could barely make sense of what it was becoming. But she understood one thing. It wasn't safe for her in Mississippi.

By the time the jury returned to the courtroom with its decision, Mamie was already gone.

According to her memoir, her driver didn't waste time hurrying through the Mississippi Delta.

Scared someone would discover who his passenger was,

Mamie said he drove without his headlights on.

It was as if just being seen with Emmett's mother would bring trouble.

And Mamie was frightened too.

A new thought chilled her to the bone.

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