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Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley honored with Congressional Gold Medal

Por: ABC7 World December 23, 2022

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WASHINGTON -- The House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.The bill, which passed the Senate in January, is meant to honor Till and his mother - who had insisted on an open casket funeral to demonstrate the brutality of his killing - with the highest civilian honor that Congress... + full article



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