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 President Biden will sign a proclamation creating the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Mississippi and Illinois today, on what would have been Emmett Till's 82nd birthday. The new national monument will commemorate the tale of Black persecution, survival, and bravery in the United States, focusing on the events surrounding Emmett Till's death and its significance to the civil rights struggle and American history more generally.    Source:  whitehouse Chicago, Illinois, Sumner, Mississippi, and a small area west of Glendora, Mississippi, will serve as the focal points of the new national monument. These locations were pivotal in the events that followed Emmett Till's murder in 1955, particularly the brave leadership of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. To further preserve and interpret a larger network of historic sites that help tell the story of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley, the new national monument will encourage and enable partnerships be...