Author: Brandon M. Erby

Brandon M. Erby is an Assistant Professor of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies and an affiliated faculty member in the African American and Africana Studies program at the University of Kentucky. He received his B.A. in English from Tougaloo College, M.A. in English from Seton Hall University, and Ph.D. in English & African American and Diaspora Studies from Penn State University. His research areas include African American rhetoric, literacy and language studies, pedagogy, and rhetorical history.

Black and white photo of Mamie Bradley at her son Emmett Till's funeral (Emmett Till movie)

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With the Movie ‘Till,’ Mamie Till-Mobley’s Quest to Educate the World Marches On

“Till” is the latest example of Mamie Till-Mobley fulfilling her mandate that Americans must never forget what happened to her boy.

October 17, 2022

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