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.
Emel Akan
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Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
