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> [I think everybody needed to know what had happened to Emmett Till,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mamie-till/i-think-everybody-needed-to-know-what-had-happened-to-emmett-till/)

[Mamie Till](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mamie-till/)

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## More by Mamie Till

> [Two months ago I had a nice apartment in Chicago. I had a good job. I had a son. When something happened to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mamie-till/two-months-ago-i-had-a-nice-apartment-in-chicago-i-had-a-good-job-i/)

[Mamie Till](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mamie-till/)

> [Have you ever sent a loved son on vacation, and had him returned to you in a pine box, so horribly battered and water-logged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mamie-till/have-you-ever-sent-a-loved-son-on-vacation-and-had-him-returned-to/)

[Mamie Till](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mamie-till/)

> [I think everybody needed to know what had happened to Emmett Till,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mamie-till/i-think-everybody-needed-to-know-what-had-happened-to-emmett-till/)

[Mamie Till](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mamie-till/)

> [We cannot afford the luxury of self pity. Our top priority now is to get on with the building process. My personal peace has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mamie-till/we-cannot-afford-the-luxury-of-self-pity-our-top-priority-now-is-to/)

[Mamie Till](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mamie-till/)

> [When people saw what had happened to my son, men stood up who had never stood up before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mamie-till/when-people-saw-what-had-happened-to-my-son-men-stood-up-who-had/)

[Mamie Till](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mamie-till/)

> [I am pleased that I am able to stand here today and say with a pure heart and meaningful heart that I am against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mamie-till/i-am-pleased-that-i-am-able-to-stand-here-today-and-say-with-a-pure/)

[Mamie Till](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mamie-till/)

> [If you have to get on your knees and bow when a white person goes past do it willingly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mamie-till/if-you-have-to-get-on-your-knees-and-bow-when-a-white-person-goes/)

[Mamie Till](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mamie-till/)

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