Emmett Till's Cousin, Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., Welcomes New National Monument for Lynched Teenager

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On what would have been Emmett Till's 82nd birthday, President Joe Biden designated a new national monument in Mississippi and Illinois honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. Emmett Till was just 14 years old when a white mob abducted him from his great-uncle's home in Money, Mississippi, in 1955 before torturing and lynching him. His mother's decision to hold an open-casket funeral revealing his mutilated body shocked the country and served as a galvanizing moment in the civil rights movement. This comes amid efforts to suppress such history from being included in school textbooks, led by Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. We speak with Emmett Till's cousin, Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., who was Till's best friend and witnessed his abduction.

Transcript: https://www.democracynow.org/2023/7/28/emmett_till_national_monument_wheeler_parker

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