Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley will be posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal after a unanimous vote from the House.
Emmett Louis Till, 14, with his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, at home in Chicago.Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley will be posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal after aIntroduced by Sen. Richard Burr and Sen. Cory Booker in Feb. 2021, the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act passed the Senate on January 10.
Mamie Till Mobley stands before a portrait of her slain son, Emmett Till, in her Chicago home, July 28, 1995.MORE: Mamie Till-Mobley's life and advocacy after son Emmett's murder chronicled in new podcast for the incident, motivating decades-long efforts from some relatives and activists to see the woman, now in her late 80s, held responsible in court for her involvement.MORE: Christmas parade canceled due to threats against protesters calling for justice for Emmett Till
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Emmett Till and his mother honored with congressional medalThe House has unanimously passed a bill posthumously awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley
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Emmett Till and his mother honored with congressional medalThe House has unanimously passed a bill posthumously awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
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