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Biden Establishes Monument Honoring Emmett Till, Whose Murder Sparked Civil Rights Movement

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden signed a proclamation on Tuesday to establish a national monument in honor of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American boy whose murder in 1955 marked a watershed moment ...

July 25, 2023BY Emel Akan

Biden Announces Establishment of National Monument to Honor Emmett Till

President Joe Biden signs a proclamation at 12:00 p.m. ET on July 25 establishing the Emmett Till and ...

July 25, 2023BY Epoch Video

Cousin of Emmett Till Sues to Compel Sheriff to Arrest White Woman, 88, Whose 1955 Interaction With Boy Preceded His Lynching

A cousin of Emmett Till, the young black boy lynched in 1955 for approaching a white woman in ...

February 12, 2023BY Matthew Vadum

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Woman in Emmett Till Killing

JACKSON, Miss.—A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the woman whose accusation set off the lynching of ...

August 9, 2022BY The Associated Press

Biden Signs Law Making Lynching a Federal Hate Crime

President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law the first anti-lynching legislation in U.S. history that would make ...

March 29, 2022BY Isabel van Brugen

Department of Justice Closes Second Investigation Into Killing of Emmett Till

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has closed a second investigation into the killing of Emmett Till, saying ...

December 7, 2021BY Zachary Stieber

House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Passes Antilynching Act

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed an anti-lynching act on Wednesday, with just 20 members voting no or ...

February 26, 2020BY Zachary Stieber