Chicagoans celebrate Emmett Till’s birthday as Biden expected to establish national monument in his honor
The Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ Building is seen Sept. 23, 2020, in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. The church has been placed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of America’s 11 most endangered historic places.
“If we can have a Confederate monument, we need to have these sorts of things as monuments as well,” he added.
“We love that it was announced today,” Davis said. “It just adds to the depth of consciousness that we believe is important.” People attend the 82nd birthday celebration for Emmett Till on July 23, 2023, at the Till-Mobley House in Chicago. Till was murdered while visiting family in Mississippi in 1955.
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