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GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI - OCTOBER 21: A statue of Emmett Till is unveiled on October 21, 2022 in Greenwood, Mississippi. 14-year old Emmett Till, a Black teenager in town from Chicago visiting family in August 1955, was accused of flirting with Carolyn Bryant, a white woman working at the shop. Till was later kidnapped from his uncle's home and murdered during a brutal, racist attack. His death is attributed to being the spark that ignited the civil rights movement. Today the nearby town of Greenwood will dedicate a statue of Till in the city's downtown. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Biden Erects Emmett Till And Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument

On what would have been Emmett Till’s 82nd birthday, President Joe Biden signed a proclamation to erect and designate a national monument honoring the historical Black teen from Chicago who was murdered in 1955 after being falsely accused of whistling at a White woman.

A faded photograph is attached to the headstone that marks the gravesite of Emmett Till in Burr Oak Cemetery on March 22, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Till's brutal murder in Money, Mississippi in the summer of 1955 and his mother's decision to hold an open-casket funeral to expose the brutality of the murder is credited with igniting the modern civil rights movement. The home in Chicago where Till lived with his mother recently gained Chicago landmark status and there are plans to turn the home into a museum and the church where his funeral was held is being considered for designation as a National Monument. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Emmett Till’s accuser has passed away

According to a coroner’s report, Carolyn Bryant Donham, the White lady who had claimed that Emmett Till had made inappropriate approaches before he was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955, has passed away \ while receiving hospice care in Louisiana.