Emmett Till was killed on Aug. 28, 1955. On the day he would have turned 82, July 25, 2023, President Joe Biden signed a proclamation to create three separate memorials in honor of Till and his ...

The Bronzeville church that held Till's funeral is celebrating his life by restoring the building to its former glory.

President Biden on Tuesday signed a proclamation creating a national monument in honor of Mamie Till Mobley and her son Emmett Till, the 14-year-old whose brutal killing in Mississippi helped ...

President Biden and Vice President Harris both spoke out against what the president called attempts to "bury history" during a ceremony to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National ...

FILE- In this undated photo 14-year-old Emmett L.Till from Chicago, is shown. President Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, that establishes a national monument ...

On Tuesday on what would have been Emmett Till’s 82 nd birthday, President Biden signed a proclamation which officially names the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument.

Today President Joe Biden signed a proclamation to create the new Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, encompassing one site in Chicago and two in Mississippi. On what would have ...

That’s the kind of firepower wielded by the folks who tried to shut down Mamie Till-Mobley — and failed. She remains an icon for civil rights, even decades after her death in 2003.

For his funeral she insisted on an open casket funeral to show the world what happened to her son. The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument will be in Mississippi and Illinois.