Tillie Majczek: The Mom Who Toiled 11 Years to Free Son Remembered in Film
Tillie Majczek. That's a name to remember on Mother's Day. She scrubbed floors for 11 years to raise the money to free her son from a false murder conviction -- and succeeded. Her story, and that of the reporter who took up her cause, is told in the 1948 film Call Northside 777. It's a sweet story and a tribute to a free press.

