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FILE - This undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old black Chicago boy, who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 1955 after he allegedly whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. A Republican and a Democratic senator say Congress should give the nation's highest civilian honor posthumously to Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. GOP Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., say the Congressional Gold Medal is long overdue for the Till family. (AP Photo, File)

Center receives grant for work preserving Emmett Till legacy

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The former home of Emmett and Mamie Till at 6427 S St. Lawrence Avenue is in the West Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. The Chicago home of Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 lynching galvanized the civil rights movement, has been granted landmark status. The Chicago City Council on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, approved an ordinance that protects the South Side home from demolition. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago grants Emmett Till’s South Side home landmark status

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Events honor Emmett Till, 65 years after his killing

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This undated file photo shows Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black Chicago boy, whose body was found in the Tallahatchie River near the Delta community of Money, Miss., Aug. 31, 1955. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports that a new historical marker was dedicated Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, with members of Till's family in attendance. This is the fourth historical marker at the site. The first was thrown in the river. The second and third signs were shot at and became riddled with bullet holes. (AP Photo, File)

Bulletproof Emmett Till memorial dedicated in Mississippi

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New Emmett Till marker dedicated to replace vandalized sign

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Emmett Till cousin: ‘Hate is a luxury I can’t afford’

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Being true to Emmett Till: Meridian students prepare play

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This June 2012 photo shows a historic sign commemorating the lynching of Emmett Till in Money, Miss. After the opposite side of the sign, not shown, was vandalized earlier this year, officials had it repaired. The refurbished sign was rededicated Tuesday. (AP Photo/Don Schanche Jr.)

Civil rights marker rededicated on birthdate of lynch victim

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In this June 2017 photo, released by Allan Hammons, a civil rights historical marker in Money, Miss. is seen. The marker remembers black teenager Emmett Till, who was kidnapped before being lynched in 1955. Allan Hammons, whose public relations firm made the marker, said Monday that someone scratched the marker with a blunt tool in May.(Allan Hammons via AP)

Vandals obliterate info on Emmett Till marker in Mississippi

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Correction: Whitney Biennial-Emmett Till Protest story

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In this May 4, 2005, file photo, Emmett Till's photo is seen on his grave marker in Alsip, Ill. (Robert A. Davis/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) ** FILE **

Key Till witness gave false testimony, historian says

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FILE - An undated portrait shows Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old Chicago boy, who was brutally murdered near Money, Mississippi, Aug. 31, 1955, after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman. The Emmett Till Interpretive Center, in glendora, Miss., dedicated to the memory Emmett Till, has raised over $20,000 to replace a bullet-riddled sign commemorating the 1955 Mississippi killing that helped propel the civil rights movement. (AP Photo/File)

Emmett Till historic sign shot full of holes, being replaced

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Charles Ogletree, the Harvard Law professor who mentored President Obama and the first lady during their time in Cambridge, has compared the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown to the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (YouTube/National Review)

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Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old from Chicago, was killed in Money, Miss., in 1955. (AP Photo)

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FILE - An undated portrait shows Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old Chicago boy, who was brutally murdered near Money, Mississippi, Aug. 31, 1955, after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman. The Emmett Till Interpretive Center, in glendora, Miss., dedicated to the memory Emmett Till, has raised over $20,000 to replace a bullet-riddled sign commemorating the 1955 Mississippi killing that helped propel the civil rights movement. (AP Photo/File)

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