President Joe Biden is expected to create a national monument to honor the late Emmett Till.
Biden plans to sign a proclamation Tuesday, on the anniversary of Till's birthday, according to a White House official who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity as the president has not formally indicated his plans. Till was a 14-year-old black boy who was shot and killed by a group of white men in Mississippi for allegedly flirting with a white woman, Carol Bryant, in 1955.
During Black History Month this year, Biden hosted a showing of Till, a film based on his mother. The showing was held in the White House East Room and preceded by remarks from the president on the importance of teaching civil rights history. This came a year after the Emmett Till Antilynching Act was unanimously passed by the Senate and also passed by the House in a 422-3 vote, suggesting a monument would be accepted well in Congress.
In 2019, Biden would have to apologize for a comment he made during then-President Clinton's impeachment hearings, claiming they could be viewed as a “partisan lynching.” Biden admitted the word lynching"wasn't the right word to use."
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