Emmett Till, the 14 year old who was brutally murdered in 1955 while visiting relatives in Mississippi and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley are being posthumously awarded.
The Senate passed a bipartisan bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the mother and son who contributed to this nation. The medal is the highest civilian honor Congress can give.
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and North Carolina Senator Richard Burr introduced the bill in September 2020.
In a statement Booker explained why Emmett and Mamie Till Mobley were so deserving of this honor...
“The courage and activism demonstrated by Emmett’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, in displaying to the world the brutality endured by her son helped awaken the nation’s conscience, forcing America to reckon with its failure to address racism and the glaring injustices that stem from such hatred.”
Just over a month ago, the Justice Department officially closed Emmett Till's case after concluding that it could not prove Carolyn Bryant Donham lied to investigators more than 60 years ago.
Emmett Till, a teen from Chicago was visiting relatives in Mississippi. Witnesses alleged that he whistled at a white woman (Carolyn Bryant Donham.) She later testified that he grabbed her wrist, her hand and propositioned her.
He was later tortured and murdered by white supremacists. His mother insisted on an open casket funeral because she wanted the world to see what was done to her son.
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