Senate passes bill to honor Emmett Till and his mother
2 years, 11 months ago

Senate passes bill to honor Emmett Till and his mother

LA Times  

The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager killed by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who insisted on an open casket funeral to demonstrate the brutality of his killing. Till was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman in Mississippi, a scenario contradicted by others who were with Till at the time. The killing galvanized the civil rights movement after Till’s mother insisted on an open casket and Jet magazine published photos of his brutalized body. Cory Booker and Richard M. Burr introduced the bill to honor Till and his mother with the highest civilian tribute that Congress awards.

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Column: Emmett Till monument is so much more than a reaction to Republican rhetoric
1 year, 4 months ago

Column: Emmett Till monument is so much more than a reaction to Republican rhetoric

LA Times  

A newly declared national monument honoring the life and story of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, is being talked about in the context of current events. It’s the latest disappointment for a candidate who has spent the last two years trying to woo Donald Trump voters with extreme legislation like the “Don’t Say Gay” bill and a war …

Photos: Monument cements Emmett Till case as ‘an American story’
1 year, 5 months ago

Photos: Monument cements Emmett Till case as ‘an American story’

Al Jazeera  

US President Joe Biden’s establishment of a national monument honouring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, marks the fulfilment of a promise Till’s relatives made after his death 68 years ago. The Black teenager from Chicago, whose abduction, torture and killing in Mississippi in 1955 helped propel the United States civil rights movement, will be seen as more than …

Biden honours Emmett Till, his mother with US national monument
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden honours Emmett Till, his mother with US national monument

Al Jazeera  

The 1955 lynching of Till, a Black teen, and his mother’s subsequent activism helped propel US civil rights movement. Washington, DC – US President Joe Biden has established a national monument to honour Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 lynching galvanised the civil rights movement in the United States. “That’s what’s gonna happen with visitors of all backgrounds who …

Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and his mother, a White House official said Saturday. Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and …

Biden to establish monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden to establish monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

LA Times  

President Biden walks to his motorcade as he leaves Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown section of Washington after attending Mass on Saturday. President Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and …

Emmett Till And His Mother Posthumously Awarded Congressional Gold Medal
2 years ago

Emmett Till And His Mother Posthumously Awarded Congressional Gold Medal

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Congress has passed legislation to posthumously award Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, with the Congressional Gold Medal. The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021, which is now awaiting President Joe Biden’s signature, passed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The Congressional Gold Medal is an award given by Congress …

US Congress to posthumously honour slain teenager Emmett Till
2 years ago

US Congress to posthumously honour slain teenager Emmett Till

Al Jazeera  

The United States House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered in a racially-motivated attack in the 1950s, and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley. The bill, which passed the Senate in January, is meant to honour Till and his mother – who had insisted on an open-coffin …

Mamie Till depiction seen as tribute to Black female leaders
2 years, 2 months ago

Mamie Till depiction seen as tribute to Black female leaders

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Gwen Carr sat up straight in her seat as she heard lines of dialogue delivered by the actor portraying Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy whose lynching in Mississippi in 1955 catalyzed the U.S. civil rights movement. “As I watched that film, I became Mamie Till,” Carr said last month at a …

Mamie Till depiction seen as tribute to Black female leaders
2 years, 2 months ago

Mamie Till depiction seen as tribute to Black female leaders

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “As I watched that film, I …

Senate passes bill to honor Emmett Till and his mother
2 years, 11 months ago

Senate passes bill to honor Emmett Till and his mother

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who insisted on an open casket funeral to demonstrate the brutality of his killing. Till was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a …

Senators seek highest civilian honor for Till and his mother
4 years, 3 months ago

Senators seek highest civilian honor for Till and his mother

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Congress should give the nation’s highest civilian honor posthumously to Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, a Republican and a Democratic senator said Wednesday. Till was a black teenager lynched in Mississippi in 1955 by white men who were later acquitted despite eyewitness testimony tying them to the killing. Martin Luther King Jr. She also was one …

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