After years of working to create a monument commemorating Emmett Till, the city of Greenwood, Mississippi, finally will unveil the tribute Friday.
Emmett Till's statue reflects the afternoon sun, during its unveiling, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 in Greenwood, Miss. Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched, Aug. 28, 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman, in her family's grocery store in Money.
"This is a great day as we take another leap forward in recognizing the life and legacy of Emmett Till," the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., Till's only remaining family member who saw his cousin the night he was kidnapped, told ABC News. Jet Magazine published the daunting image of Till's battered face that changed lives forever. Numerous Black publications, including The Chicago Defender, New York Amsterdam News and various others, were charged with moving the needle forward reporting on the atrocity.
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