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Anderson Cooper 360

president biden signed a proclamation establishing a new national monument honoring emmett till, and his mother. this will be located in mississippi where till was murdered, and in chicago where his funeral was held. today it would have been emmett till's 82nd birthday. 68 years ago in august 1955, while visiting family in mississippi, he was accused of whistling at a white woman. he was then kidnapped, tortured, beaten, and shot in the head. his mutilated body was found days later in a river. and it till it was just 14 years old. at his funeral, his mother kept his gasquet open saying, quote, let the world see what they did to my boy. photos of him in that casket helped spur the civil rights movement. months later, rosa parks refused to give up her seat on a montgomery, alabama bus saying it was emmett till's murder was the reason. the man accused of his lynching were acquitted by an all white male jury. months later, they convince the murder in a magazine interview. but today, all these years later, several states have recently taken steps to

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Alex Wagner Tonight

called money, mississippi. it was there that emmett till was murdered by two white men after white women accused the teenager of whistling after her. that is the unvarnished and recent history that president biden commemorated today honoring emmett till and his mother mamie till-mobley by national monument. that monument is marred by three sites in chicago, the church were till's funeral was held, and the mississippi the wooded area where's body was recovered and the courthouse where his killers were wrongly acquitted. the monument starts in sharp contrast to the efforts that are underway in florida and other republican states to the very opposite. instead of looking honestly at american history, conservatives have launched a multi pronged effort to whitewash it. joining us now is someone who knows about republican attacks on history all too well. nikole hannah-jones, creator of the 1619 project and reporter for the new york times magazine. nicole, thank you so much for making time for the show tonight. i've got to ask you, as we look

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The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle

can hide much. they erase nothing. they can hide but they can erase nothing. we can't just choose to learn what we want to know. we have to learn what we should know. we should know about our country. we should know everything, and the good, the bad, the truth of who we are as a nation. that who is what great nations do. >> the last thing before we go tonight, the good, the bad, and the truth. today, president biden designated a new national monument, honoring emmett till and his mother. the 14-year-old black boy who was beaten and shot to death in mississippi in 1955, after a white woman accused him of whistling at her. and the presidents remarks, he took aim at republicans who are

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All In With Chris Hayes

and mutilated son, 14 years old. 14 years old. she said, let the people see what i've seen. let the people see what i have seen. my god -- >> today, on what would have been emmitt till's 82nd birthday, president joe biden signed a proclamation designating and national monument to the murdered teenager and his mother. till was 14 years old and 1855 when he was tortured and murdered in mississippi over accusations of whistling at a white woman. till's mother, as the president noted, insisted on an open casket funeral, a decision that helped to galvanize the civil rights movement. the monument includes a bulletproof memorial sign where till's body was found and installed in 2019, after previous markers were shot up. unfortunately, in 2023, the president could not simply marking the death of till and the role played in this, sparking the civil rights

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Alex Wagner Tonight

of certain death in the darkest of a thousand midnights in a pitch-black house on what some have called the fear room, back then in the darkness i could never imagine a moment like this. >> emmitt till would have been 82 years old today. his cousin who you just saw speaking there was with him in 1955 when they visited family in a town called money, mississippi emphasis it was there emmitt till was murdered by two white men after a white woman accused the teenager of whistling at her. that is the unvarnished and recent history that president biden commemorated today honoring emmitt till and his mother with a national monument. that monument is marked by three sites in chicago, the church where till's funeral was held, in mississippi in the wooded area where his body was recovered, and the courthouse where his killers were wrongly acquitted. the monument stantsds in sharp contrast to the efforts under

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CNN News Central

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The Rachel Maddow Show

chicago. he was staying with rels in mississippi. he was accused of whistling at a white woman. the white woman also said the 14-year-old boy grabbed her and made lewd comments to her as well as whistling at her, he had not done that. 50 years later she admitted that she actually lied and made that all up. of course by then, it was more than 50 years too late. two white men, roy bryant and j.w.milan abducted the 14-year-old boy, threw him in a pickup truck, tortured him horribly, and they murdered him, and they were put on trial for murder in front of an all white jury, which acquitted them. those two men admitted in court to the kidnapping part of the crime, but when a grand jury was asked to indict them for kidnapping, which they admitted to in open court, the grand jury

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CNN Tonight

governor. there is a move to honor and recognize the pivol role, the tragedy of one black american family had on our world. tomorrow, president biden is expected to announce the establishment of a national monument dedicated to emmett till. till was visiting family in mississippi in 1955, one to white man pulled him from his bed and marched him out of his home after a woman accused emit of whistling at her. thys later, tills bloated and mutilated body was pulled from a tallahassee river. when it came time for e funeral, his mother mamie till mobley said he wanted to see what racist hate had done to her son. that decision, and his, case was a pivotal moment that helped spike spark the civil rights movement, nearly 70 years later, several states will not have monuments built to remember him and his family. joining me now is emmett till's cousin and cofounder of the emmett till legacy foundation, debra watts. thank you so much for being here, debra.

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The Rachel Maddow Show

it is made to be able to withstand a rifle around. and of course, it needs to be. the reason that this sign, the reason all of these signs, all four of them in succession were put up there on the bank of the river is because in 1955, that is the spot, it is believed that is the spot where the body of a 14 year old kid was hauled out of the river. he was 14 years old. who's from chicago. was staying with relatives in mississippi. and he was accused of whistling at a white woman. the white woman said that the 14-year-old boy had grabbed her and made lewd comments to her. as well as winter. but he had not done that. more than 50 years later, she finally admitted she had lied and made it all up. but of course by then it was more than 50 years too late. two white men, roy bryant and j.w. objected the 14 or both.

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CNN Newsroom Live

protests today. the opposition to the law are clearly not over yet. >> elliott cot gotkine, thank y. there will be a monument to honor emmett till, a black teen whose murder in 1955 helped fuel the civil rights movement. emmett till was just 14 years old when he was accused of whistling at a white woman in mississippi. two white men kidnapped him, tortured and killed him. they were acquitted by an all-white jury. till's mother insisted on an open casket funeral for her son exposing the brutality and horror of racism in the u.s. on tuesday, president biden will dedicate a monument to both emmett till and his activist mother. it would have been emmett till's actual 82nd birthday that will be marked. in the hours ahead, the u.s.

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