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26 July 2023

President Joe Biden gives the signing pen for a proclamation creating the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument to Dr. Marvel Parker on what would have been Emmett Till’s 82nd birthday. Dr. Parker is a member of the Till family and the Executive Director of the Emmett Till & Mamie Til-Mobley Institute. The monument encompasses the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River in 1955, the courthouse where his killers were tried, and Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Illinois, where his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of his beaten and bloated body helped galvanize the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

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26 July 2023

President Joe Biden signs a proclamation establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Mobley-Till National Monument on what would have been Till’s 82nd birthday. Three sites make up the monument: the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River following his murder in 1955, the courtroom where his murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury, both in Mississippi, as well as the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, where Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of Till’s beaten and bloated body was a major galvanizing force for the civil rights movement.

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25 July 2023

Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr., a member of the Till family, delivers remarks before introducing President Joe Biden at a signing ceremony establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Mobley-Till National Monument on what would have been Till’s 82nd birthday. Three sites make up the monument: the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River following his murder in 1955, the courtroom where his murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury, both in Mississippi, as well as the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, where Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of Till’s beaten and bloated body was a major galvanizing force for the civil rights movement.

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25 July 2023

Vice President Kamala Harris introduces Rev. Wheeler Parker, a Till family member, and President Joe Biden at a signing ceremony establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Mobley-Till National Monument on what would have been Till’s 82nd birthday. Three sites make up the monument: the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River following his murder in 1955, the courtroom where his murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury, both in Mississippi, as well as the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, where Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of Till’s beaten and bloated body was a major galvanizing force for the civil rights movement.

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25 July 2023

President Joe Biden shakes hands with Rep. Hank Johnson after a signing ceremony establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Mobley-Till National Monument on what would have been Till’s 82nd birthday. Three sites make up the monument: the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River following his murder in 1955, the courtroom where his murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury, both in Mississippi, as well as the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, where Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of Till’s beaten and bloated body was a major galvanizing force for the civil rights movement.

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25 July 2023

President Joe Biden address people in the balcony after signing a proclamation establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Mobley-Till National Monument on what would have been Till’s 82nd birthday. Three sites make up the monument: the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River following his murder in 1955, the courtroom where his murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury, both in Mississippi, as well as the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, where Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of Till’s beaten and bloated body was a major galvanizing force for the civil rights movement.

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25 July 2023

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), left, talks with President Joe Biden after a signing ceremony establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Mobley-Till National Monument on what would have been Till’s 82nd birthday. Three sites make up the monument: the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River following his murder in 1955, the courtroom where his murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury, both in Mississippi, as well as the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, where Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of Till’s beaten and bloated body was a major galvanizing force for the civil rights movement.

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25 July 2023

Vice President r Kamala Harris delivers remarks before President Joe Biden signs a proclamation to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Mobley-Till National Monument on what would have been Till’s 82nd birthday. Three sites make up the monument: the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River following his murder in 1955, the courtroom where his murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury, both in Mississippi, as well as the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, where Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of Till’s beaten and bloated body was a major galvanizing force for the civil rights movement.

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25 July 2023

President Joe Biden delivers remarks before signing a proclamation to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Mobley-Till National Monument on what would have been Till’s 82nd birthday. Three sites make up the monument: the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River following his murder in 1955, the courtroom where his murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury, both in Mississippi, as well as the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, where Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of Till’s beaten and bloated body was a major galvanizing force for the civil rights movement.

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25 July 2023

Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr., a member of the Till family, introduces President Joe Biden at a signing ceremony for creation of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument on what would have been Emmett Till’s 82 birthday. The monument encompasses the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River in 1955, and the courthouse in which the perpetrators were tried and acquitted by an all-white jury in Mississippi, and Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Illinois, where his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of Till’s beaten and bloated body played a major role in galvanizing the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

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25 July 2023

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris congratulate Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr. on his 56th wedding anniversary while introducing him to speak at a signing ceremony for the creation of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. Rev. Parker is a member of the Till family. The monument encompasses the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River in 1955, and the courthouse in which the perpetrators were tried and acquitted by an all-white jury in Mississippi, and Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Illinois, where his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of Till’s beaten and bloated body played a major role in galvanizing the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

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25 July 2023

President Joe Biden signs a proclamation establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Mobley-Till National Monument on what would have been Till’s 82nd birthday. Three sites make up the monument: the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River following his murder in 1955, the courtroom where his murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury, both in Mississippi, as well as the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, where Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of Till’s beaten and bloated body was a major galvanizing force for the civil rights movement.

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25 July 2023

President Joe Biden delivers remarks before signing a proclamation to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Mobley-Till National Monument on what would have been Till’s 82nd birthday. Three sites make up the monument: the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River following his murder in 1955, the courtroom where his murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury, both in Mississippi, as well as the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, where Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of Till’s beaten and bloated body was a major galvanizing force for the civil rights movement.

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25 July 2023

President Joe Biden establishes the Emmett Till and Mamie Mobley-Till National Monument on what would have been Till’s 82nd birthday. Three sites make up the monument: the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River following his murder in 1955, the courtroom where his murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury, both in Mississippi, as well as the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, where Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of Till’s beaten and bloated body was a major galvanizing force for the civil rights movement.

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25 July 2023

President Joe Biden establishes the Emmett Till and Mamie Mobley-Till National Monument on what would have been Till’s 82nd birthday. Three sites make up the monument: the location where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River following his murder in 1955, the courtroom where his murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury, both in Mississippi, as well as the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, where Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley had an open-casket funeral for her son. The sight of Till’s beaten and bloated body was a major galvanizing force for the civil rights movement.

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14 September 2022

A skeleton lying in an open casket during celebrations on the Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Day of the Dead is a traditional Mexican holiday which coincides with All Souls Day in the Catholic calendar, is marked by visits to the grave sites of loved ones. It is a joyous occasion during which the celebrants remember the deceased.

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