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Emmett Till’s Chicago home to get preservation funds

CHICAGO — Emmett Till left his mother’s house on Chicago’s South Side in 1955 to visit relatives in Mississippi, where the Black teenager was abducted and brutally slain for reportedly whistling at a white woman.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 19, 2022

Emmett Till’s house, Black sites to get landmarks funds

The house will receive a share of $3 million in grants being distributed to 33 sites and organizations nationwide that are important pieces of African American history.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 19, 2022

Emmett Till's Chicago home will get money designated for preserving Black history

A preservation organization said the home will get a share of $3 million in grants being distributed to 33 sites and organizations nationwide that are important pieces of African American history.

WEKU · Jul 19, 2022