Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument | |
 Tallahatchie County Courthouse, the site of the September 1955 trial and acquittal | |
| Location | Tallahatchie County, Mississippi andChicago,Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 33°51′38″N90°16′29″W / 33.86056°N 90.27472°W /33.86056; -90.27472 |
| Area | 5.7 acres (2.3 ha) |
| Website | Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument |
| Designated NMON | July 25, 2023 |
TheEmmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument is aUnited States national monument that honorsEmmett Till, a 14-year-oldAfrican American teenager who was abducted, tortured, andlynched inMississippi in 1955, and his mother,Mamie Till, who became an advocate in theCivil Rights Movement. The monument includes three sites, one in Illinois and two in Mississippi, with a total area of 5.7 acres (2.3 ha).[1][2][3] The monument is managed by theNational Park Service and was established by PresidentJoe Biden on July 25, 2023, which would have been Emmett Till's 82nd birthday.
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