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January 28, 2021

Chicago Grants Landmark Status to Childhood Home of Emmett Till
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Chicago city officials have granted landmark status to the South Side
home of Emmett Till and his mother. A local nonprofit hopes to turn the
home into a museum. Emmett Till was lynched 66 years ago when the
14-year-old boy was on a trip to Mississippi. It remains one of the most
horrific examples of racial terror in the Jim Crow South. Chicago city
councilmember and community organizer Jeanette Taylor said, "A lot of
times, history involving African Americans gets forgotten about. We will
repeat history if we don't remember it and have these hard
conversations." 


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