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Emmett Till left his mother's house on Chicago's South Side in 1955 to visit relatives in Mississippi, where the Black teenager was abducted and slain for reportedly whistling at a white woman.
Emmett Till's Chicago home is one of more than two dozen historically significant sites that will share $3 million in grant money from a preservation organization.
CHICAGO • Emmett Till left his mother's house on Chicago's South Side in 1955 to visit relatives in Mississippi, where the Black teenager was abducted and brutally slain for reportedly
A cultural preservation organization announced Tuesday that Till's house will receive a share of $3 million in grants being distributed to 33 sites and organizations nationwide that are important pieces
Till's home is one of several dozen Black historical sites that will receive money to preserve the structures and their stories.