Politico reports that "Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi" after he sexually assaulted a married white woman. An excerpt:
Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi, according to the official. The individual spoke on condition of anonymity because the White House had not formally announced the president’s plans.
Tuesday is the anniversary of Emmett Till’s birth in 1941.
The monument will protect places that are central to the story of Till’s life and death at age 14, the acquittal of his white killers and his mother’s activism. Till’s mother’s insistence on an open casket to show the world how her son had been brutalized and Jet’s magazine’s decision to publish photos of his mutilated body helped galvanize the Civil Rights Movement.
Biden’s decision also comes at a fraught time in the United States over matters concerning race. Conservative leaders are pushing back against the teaching of slavery and Black history in public schools, as well as the incorporation of diversity, equity and inclusion programs from college classrooms to corporate boardrooms.
These should fit right in with the monuments to St. (Floyd) George, patron saint of all people that swallow lethal doses of pain killers so arresting officers won't find them.
The Harvey Weinstein Center For Aspiring Actresses and the Jeffrey Epstein Center For Exploited Women can't be far behind.
Sexually assaulted? Get your facts straight. He wasn’t even ACCUSED of sexually assaulting anyone.
ReplyDelete"She [Carolyn Bryant Donham] accused him of making lewd comments and grabbing her while she worked alone at a family store in Money, Mississippi" (https://althouse.blogspot.com/2022/08/a-grand-jury-in-mississippi-has.html).
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