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To do list regarding Black Matriarchy on my contribution to the wikipedia page.I will add more information regarding my section within my group which is Mamie till Bradely. I am also going to add 3-5 articles and hyperlinks regarding my section and as well as videos to help support the information.Cristalcanedo3 (talk) 06:53, 20 November 2012 (UTC)Cristalcanedo3

My wikipedia final project regarding my section.

Mamie Till Bradley

Introduction to Mamie Till BradleyBold text

Mamie Till Bradley was born on November 23,1921 in Chicago, Illinois as Mamie Carthan. Growing up as an only child to both John and Alma Carthan was quite challenging not only did she go through a lot of stress having a strict mother who only wanted the best for her only child. Alma Carthan encouraged Mamie to continue and further her education in which she was the first African-American female student to make the Honor roll and ended up graduating from Argo Community High School as the fourth African American to graduate from an all white school. Mamie met Louis Till when she was 18 years old, they soon after got married in October 14,1940. Nine months later their only son Emmit Louis Till was born in Chicago at Cook County Hospital. Mamie and Louis separated two years later in 1942 after Till left to Europe to serve in the Army. Three years later Emmit Till was murdered in Mississippi, he was accused of whistling at a(n) Caucasian woman so the Caucasian people killed him.  Mamie Till insisted that at the funeral, that the casket be open to show the world what the people had done to her son. As a tragic ending Mamie Till Bradley couldn’t live without having justice for her son.Mamie was considered one of the activist during the civil rights movement because she didn't agree at all how racism was affecting her son's innocence murder by not charging both J.W Miliam and Roy Bryant with murder charges and letting him go free as if nothing happened which there was no justice held through out Emmet's case. <ref>http://www.randomhouse.com/book/178832/death-of-innocence-by-mamie-till-mobley-and-christopher-benson/ref> <ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/peopleevents/p_parents.html/ref>

Emmet Louis Till

Emmet Louis Till was born on July 25, 1941 which was the only son of Mamie till Bradley and Louis Till which he never got to meet throughout his whole life due to his father being a soldier and serving in WWII and sadly getting killed. Emmet suffered from Polio at the age of 5, in which he later on over came the suffering from this disease but was left with a stuttering problem which wasn't that bad. His mother and grandparents also called him by his nickname which was "Bobo," he was known as the happy and humorous kid on the block by his loving and caring family. In 1995 his uncle came to visit from the South and as he took one of Emmet's cousins, he wanted to join too and enjoy his summer in Mississippi with all of his cousins. Mamie Till of course already had plans to go to Nebraska and visit relatives. As a 14 year old that he was Emmet wanted to reunite with his cousins in Mississippi and have the time of his life so he left on a train not knowing he wouldn't see his mother again. Emmet Louis Till was kidnapped and murdered by two Caucasian men who they thought was J.W. Miliam and Roy Bryant. With his brutal death, Mamie wanted to make justice and have a open casket viewing of how brutally Emmet's body disfigured body looked. Emmet's case was one of the " first full-sized media event" to have started the civil rights movement.<ref> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/peopleevents/p_till.html/ref>

After Emmet's death

Mamie Till had Emmet's body brought back to Chicago and tried to make justice and on the other hand went crazy along with all of her beloved family and of course all of the friends that loved Emmet. It was a big loss for Mamie to go through, especially when Emmet was her only son. She could't imagine how there was no justice regarding her son's case just because the accusers were White men and the judge found it impossible for the accident to occur. Segregation in the south was a big deal and majority of the Blacks population had no say to what they thought was wrong. After suffering from a huge pain devastation only got worse, Mamie felt like she needed to do something about this unfairness occurring so she decided to have an open casket viewing and have everyone witness for themselves of the brutality that was being made by not having justice to oneself. It is stated that about 500,000 people showed up to Emmet's viewing and some were totally disgusted by the disfiguration of his body and he smell as well, and a variety of people left with tears coming down their face. Not only was Mamie hopeful that J.W. Miliam and Roy Bryant got charged upon her son's death but so was NAACP but as well they didn't find anything that the suspects were guilty so they let them go free. After not getting no justification Mamie sent letters to the White House and in which she gave speeches to a vast majority of crowds nation wide hoping that her voice was being heard. The civil rights movement was a great help to Emmet's case because the in justification being held upon Blacks wasn't providing any rights for them to turn to and have the control to accuse the government for not doing anything about a severe case like Emmets. After 33 years that have passed ever since Emmet's death there was finally more media reaching out to Mamie and wanting to know what exactly had happened by giving interviews to all of the family members and herself. After finally getting a television coverage premier on Emmet's death it was called 'The murder of Emmet Till Mamie Till Bradley died at the age of 81 due to a heart failure at the hospital of Chicago. <ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/peopleevents/p_parents.html/ref>

Ruth Feldstein and her thoughts on Mamie Till Bradley

Ruth Feldstein manifests her argument in the domestic containment of black women that defines their traditional role in society though Mamie Till Bradley, an African American woman, worker, mother, and resident of Chicago, who publicizes the murder of her son, Emmett Till. Mamie Till Bradley is credited to have sparked the “birth” of the Civil Rights movement yet only by depending on the “meanings of motherhood to formulate [society’s] views both on race relations and on American citizenship” which were defined by the expectations and “traditions” of white society. (Feldstein, 267.) Feldstein argues how Bradley embraces her motherhood in order to attain authority in society, yet the public sphere limits her actions when people begin demonizing her. She defined her own subjectivity as a woman by putting herself in the public eye as a black, grieving mother and in doing so she “reformulated conceptions of both white and African American motherhood” (Feldstein, 266). Yet, when Mamie Till Bradley “existed and acted as she did-as a mother, woman, and African American, in the public and private spheres- she became an object to be positioned, defined and contained…” (Feldstein, 267.) She is defined by the public eye because “motherhood [is] considered the ultimate form of womanhood” and this power is valorized in society. (Feldstein, 267.) Mamie Till Bradley epitomized the domestic, contained and objectified woman of the 1950's by relying on idealized images of white woman and to represent herself as a respectable, grieving mother. She used her constant dependability on men, her emotionalism, and physical image of femininity to assuage any doubts regarding her respectability as a mother and her maternal role.The challenge she poses to American power as a symbol and person in a racially biased society that valorizes Carolyn Bryant, the woman Emmett Till allegedly “advanced” on, causes Mamie Till Bradley to ultimately be rejected as a motherly figure by the efforts of containment from white southerners and the NAACP. She claims citizenship for herself by creating a position through her image as a “respectable” and “traditional” woman, which fails for Mamie Till Bradley who is ultimately constrained by the ambivalent nature of the stereotype of black matriarchy.

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