Biden to establish national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, activists in civil rights movement

President Biden will establish a monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, activists in the civil rights movement.
The monument will span three sites in Illinois and Mississippi significant to Till's life, death, and his mother's subsequent activism.
Till was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after being accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi.
The monument comes amid debates over race and teaching Black history, following Biden's tributes to Till and signing of an anti-lynching act.
Biden's proclamation will coincide with what would have been Till's 82nd birthday on July 25.