Posted on Dec 24, 2022
Emmett Till and his mother honored with the Congressional Gold Medal
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Congress is posthumously awarding Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, the Congressional Gold Medal. The medal will be on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, near his casket.
The move is a result of a bill passed by Congress on Wednesday. The bill, known as the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021, will honor the 14-year-old Black boy who was killed by two white men in 1955 after a white woman accused Till of flirting with her.
Congress is posthumously awarding Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, the Congressional Gold Medal. The medal will be on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, near his casket.
The move is a result of a bill passed by Congress on Wednesday. The bill, known as the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021, will honor the 14-year-old Black boy who was killed by two white men in 1955 after a white woman accused Till of flirting with her.
Emmett Till and his mother honored with the Congressional Gold Medal
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This is a good gesture that perhaps could have been do e much sooner! It's better late than never!
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..."The award follows other recent actions to continue to honor Till's memory: In June, Till's family members asked the authorities to seek the arrest of the woman who accused Till in the first place but a grand jury declined to indict her. And a statute of Till was recently unveiled in Mississippi, not far from where he had been murdered.
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"The gruesome and unjust murder of Emmett Till serves as one of the most well-known examples of a lynching in American history," U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., one of the bill's sponsors, said in a news release.
"Without the courage and determination of his mother, Mamie, in keeping his casket open during his funeral, the world would not know what happened to him or the full horrors of white supremacy," Rush said. "We must honor Emmett's life and his mother Mamie's contributions to racial justice."
..."The award follows other recent actions to continue to honor Till's memory: In June, Till's family members asked the authorities to seek the arrest of the woman who accused Till in the first place but a grand jury declined to indict her. And a statute of Till was recently unveiled in Mississippi, not far from where he had been murdered.
Filmmaker says Emmett Till's mother deserves her rightful place in history
MOVIE INTERVIEWS
Filmmaker says Emmett Till's mother deserves her rightful place in history
A statue of Emmett Till is unveiled in Mississippi
NATIONAL
A statue of Emmett Till is unveiled in Mississippi
"The gruesome and unjust murder of Emmett Till serves as one of the most well-known examples of a lynching in American history," U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., one of the bill's sponsors, said in a news release.
"Without the courage and determination of his mother, Mamie, in keeping his casket open during his funeral, the world would not know what happened to him or the full horrors of white supremacy," Rush said. "We must honor Emmett's life and his mother Mamie's contributions to racial justice."
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