Biden Establishes Monument Honoring Emmett Till, Whose Murder Sparked Civil Rights Movement

President Joe Biden signs a proclamation to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Illinois and Mississippi, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington,on July 23, 2023. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden signed a proclamation on Tuesday to establish a national monument in honor of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American boy whose murder in 1955 marked a watershed moment in the civil rights movement.

“When I was preparing these remarks, quite frankly—and my colleagues will understand this—I found myself trying to temper my anger,” Mr. Biden said at the beginning of his remarks at a White House event.