Biden to reveal national monument plans for Emmett Till.
President Joe Biden to Create National Monument Honoring Emmett Till
President Joe Biden is set to establish a national monument in honor of the late Emmett Till. On the anniversary of Till’s birthday, Biden plans to sign a proclamation, as confirmed by a White House official speaking to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Till, a 14-year-old black boy, was tragically shot and killed by a group of white men in Mississippi in 1955, allegedly for flirting with a white woman named Carol Bryant. His body was then weighted down with barbed wire and thrown into the Tallahatchie River, tied to a cotton gin wheel.
Proposed Monument Sites
There are three proposed sites for the monument. The first is Graball Landing in Mississippi, where Till’s body was discovered. The second site is the Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi, where Till’s murderers, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, were acquitted. The third site is the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Bronzeville, Illinois, Till’s home state, where his funeral took place. During the funeral, Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, chose to have an open-casket service to draw attention to her son’s tragic death.
President Biden has shown his commitment to civil rights history and the memory of Emmett Till. During Black History Month, he hosted a screening of the film “Till” at the White House, which is based on Till’s mother’s story. Prior to the screening, the president emphasized the importance of teaching civil rights history. The unanimous passage of the Emmett Till Antilynching Act in the Senate, followed by a 422-3 vote in the House, suggests that a monument honoring Till would be well-received in Congress.
This legislation is the result of Biden’s campaign against racially-motivated crimes. Before the 2020 election, he spoke out against the shooting murder of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, describing it as a cold-blooded lynching. Biden also acknowledged and apologized for using the term “lynching” during President Clinton’s impeachment hearings in 2019, recognizing that it was inappropriate.
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