Illinois Designates July 25 as Emmett Till Day
The free closing event features music, spoken word and dancing as the exhibition honors Till’s legacy and what would have been his 85th birthday.
- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation on Thursday designating July 25 as Emmett Till Day, honoring the Chicago teenager whose 1955 lynching galvanized the Civil Rights Movement.
- At Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, Mamie Till-Mobley insisted on an open-casket funeral in 1955, allowing the public to witness the brutality inflicted upon her 14-year-old son.
- The group exhibition "From Memory to Movement: Emmett at 85" at Blanc Gallery in Bronzeville closes Saturday with a "Radical Joy Celebration" on what would have been Till's 85th birthday.
- A rededication ceremony is scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m. for the intersection of 71st Street and Kedzie Avenue as Mamie and Emmett Till Road, further honoring the family.
- "The fight to combat hate is not over," Attorney General Kwame Raoul said, noting the observance serves as a reminder that protecting civil rights remains ongoing work.
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Usa newsPritzker signs law designating July 25 as Emmett Till Day in Illinois
On what would've been Emmett Till's 85th birthday, Illinois will observe its first official day in his honor.Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill Thursday morning designating July 25 as a statewide day of reflection and remembrance of Emmett and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. Till lived on Chicago's South Side. The Black teen was 14 when he was lynched on a trip to Mississippi in 1955.“In Illinois, we understand that we cannot build a more just future…
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Gov. Pritzker signs bill to honor Emmett Till and his mother
Governor JB Pritzker has designated a day to remember Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
Gov. Pritzker Designates Emmett Till Day In Illinois
CHICAGO – Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined legislators and community members at Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ to sign HB 4323, officially designating July 25 as Emmett Till Day in Illinois. In 1955 at this Bronzeville church, Mamie Till-Mobley held a public, open-casket funeral for her 14-year-old son after he was brutally lynched and killed by two white men in Mississippi. Till’s murder galvanized the Civil Rights Movement in the Uni…
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