Artist Germane Barnes stands in front of his installation “Be Careful, I Always Am” at the future site of the Emmett & Mamie Till-Mobley House Museum, Garden and Theatre in West Woodlawn. Barnes recreates a timeline of Till’s life through hanging vinyl sheets, some with quotes from his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)
For a second year, Woodlawn residents celebrated Emmett Till’s birthday on Sunday with an ice cream social outside Till’s childhood home on Saint Lawrence Street.
But this year’s party was special because it marked the groundbreaking of renovations on the home, which is expected to be turned into a museum by 2025.
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