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The Impact of Emmett Till's Murder 68 Years Later
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July 28, 2023
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4:20Now PlayingTheGrio was on the ground at the White House this week as President Joe Biden signed a proclamation designating three national monuments in Mississippi and Illinois in honor of Emmett Till, a Black Chicago teen murdered by a white mob in Mississippi in 1955. Till’s cousin Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr., Deborah Watts, co-founder of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, also a cousin of Till, and U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., reflect on the historical moment and how the tragedy of Till’s murder remains relevant today more than ever. TheGrio's Washington Bureau Chief and White House correspondent April D. Ryan reports.
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