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Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument
Nat'l Recreation Area
Nat'l Recreation Area

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument

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In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled to Money, Mississippi, to visit relatives. He was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered after reportedly whistling at a white woman. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open-casket funeral near their hometown of Chicago. Her brave decision let the world see the racist violence inflicted upon her son and set the Civil Rights Movement into motion.

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The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument is a United States national monument that honors Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American teenager who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955, and his mother, Mamie Till, who became an advocate in the Civil Rights Movement. The monument includes three sites, one in Illinois and two in Mississippi, with a total area of 5.7 acres (2.3 ha). The monument is managed by the National Park Service and was established by President Joe Biden on July 25, 2023, which would have been Emmett Till's 82nd birthday.

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