,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbgb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ah1 #bjbj,mr4 
,rush introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
provide for the issuance of a           
commemorative postage stamp in honor of 
,mamie ,till-,mobley1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,mamie ,till-,mobley
 ,memorial ,stamp ,act4  #b4 ,findings  
,the ,congress finds the following3 7#a7
 ,emmett ,louis ,till was born to ,mamie
 ,elizabeth ,till-,mobley on ,july #be1 
#aida1 in ,chicago1 ,illinois4  7#b7    
,emmett ,till was raised by ,mamie      
,till-,mobley in the ,woodlawn          
neighborhood of ,chicago's ,south ,side1
 attending the nearby ,mc,cosh          
,elementary ,school4  7#c7 ,in ,august  
of #aiee1 ,emmett ,till traveled to     
,tallahatchie ,county1 ,mississippi1 to 
visit his great uncle1 ,moses ,wright4  
7#d7 ,before ,emmett ,till traveled to  

,tallahatchie ,county1 ,mamie           
,till-,mobley cautioned him about the   
dangers of the segregated ,south1       
instructing him to be very careful '''  
humble himself to the extent of getting 
down on his knees4  7#e7 ,when          
purchasing bubble gum in ,money1        
,mississippi1 ,emmett ,till was falsely 
accused of flirting with shopkeeper     
,carolyn ,bryant1 who would acknowledge 
that her own claims were false in #bjag4
  7#f7 ,emmett ,till was abducted at    
gunpoint from ,moses ,wright's home by  
,roy ,bryant and ,j4,w4 ,milam on       
,august #bh1 #aiee4  7#g7 ,full of      
vitriol and racial hatred1 ,roy ,bryant 
and ,j4,w4 ,milam beat1 tortured1 and   
killed ,emmett ,till with senseless     
brutality4  7#h7 ,emmett ,till's body   
was found in the ,tallahatchie ,river1  
having been so gruesomely tortured that 
it was only recognizable from his       
father's ring on his finger4  7#i7 ,when
 ,emmett ,till's body was recovered1 his
 ear was found torn1 his eye was        

displaced1 his teeth were missing1 and  
the iron cotton gin fan used in his     
murder was still attached to his corpse4
  7#aj7 ,on ,september #b1 #aiee1 ,mamie
 ,till-,mobley received her son's casket
 at the ,illinois ,central ,terminal1   
falling in grief at its sight4  7#aa7   
,mamie ,till-,mobley demonstrated       
exemplary bravery1 requesting an        
open-casket funeral for her son1 because
 in her words1 everybody needed to know 
what had happened to ,emmett ,till4     
7#ab7 ,over a four-day period1 over     
#ej1jjj visitors viewed ,emmett ,till's 
body at the ,roberts ,temple ,church of 
,god in ,christ4  7#ac7 ,the horror and 
grief caused across the country and     
across the world by the photos of ,emmet
 ,till's body helped spark the civil    
rights movement4  7#ad7 ,the ,reverend  
,jesse ,jackson would describe ,emmett  
,till's open-casket funeral as the      
big-bang of the civil rights movement4  
7#ae7 ,emmett ,till was laid to rest at 
,burr ,oak ,cemetery on ,september #f1  

#aiee1 in ,alsip1 ,illinois4  7#af7     
,during the trial1 ,moses ,wright and   
other local residents demonstrated      
unspeakable courage by identifying ,roy 
,bryant and ,j4,w4 ,milam as ,emmett    
,till's killers in open court4  7#ag7   
,the all ,white jury deliberated for    
just #fg minutes1 arriving at their     
preposterous verdict to acquit ,roy     
,bryant and ,j4,w4 ,milam4  7#ah7 ,in a 
,january #aife interview with ,look     
magazine1 ,roy ,bryant and ,j4,w4 ,milam
 admitted to having gruesomely killed   
,emmett ,till4  7#ai7 ,mamie            
,till-,mobley continued to be a champion
 for civil rights after ,emmett ,till's 
death and funeral4  7#bj7 ,mamie        
,till-,mobley would earn a bachelor's   
degree cum laude from ,chicago ,teachers
 ,college in #aief and earned a master's
 degree in administration and           
supervision from ,loyola ,university    
,chicago in #aige4  7#ba7 ,mamie        
,till-,mobley distinguished herself as a
 special education teacher in ,chicago4 

7#bb7 ,mamie ,till-,mobley authored     
,death of ,innocence1 with ,christopher 
,benson1 which was published months     
after her passing4  7#bc7 ,mamie        
,till-,mobley passed away on ,january   
#g1 #bjjc1 at the age of #ha4  7#bd7 ,on
 ,february #bf1 #bjbj1 the ,house passed
 ,h4,r4 #ce1 the ,emmett ,till          
,antilynching ,act to commemorate the   
life of ,emmett ,till1 make lynching a  
,federal crime1 and correct a deep      
historical injustice4  #c4 ,mamie       
,till-,mobley commemorative postage     
stamp  7a7 ,in general ,the ,postmaster 
,general shall issue a commemorative    
postage stamp in honor of ,mamie        
,till-,mobley4  7b7 ,denomination2      
designs ,the commemorative postage stamp
 issued under this ,act shall be issued 
in the denomination used for first class
 mail up to one ounce in weight and     
shall bear such designs as the          
,postmaster ,general shall determine4   
7c7 ,issuance period ,the commemorative 
postage stamp issued under this ,act    

shall be placed on sale as soon as      
practicable after the date of the       
enactment of this ,act and shall be sold
 for such period thereafter as the      
,postmaster ,general shall determine4