Whistle was blown on seeing a white woman, black was kidnapped and murdered… Biden remembered after 68 years

US President Joe Biden has decided to set up national memorials in Illinois and Mississippi in memory of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. Joe Biden will sign the order to build a national monument on Tuesday. In 1955, black teen Emmett whistled at a white woman in Mississippi, after which she was abducted and murdered.

Washington: US President Joe Biden has decided to set up national memorials at three places in Illinois and Mississippi in memory of Chicago's black teenager Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley. A White House official gave this information on Saturday. He told that Emmett was abducted, tortured and murdered in 1955 after he was accused of whistling on seeing a white woman in Mississippi.

A White House official said Biden would sign a proclamation on Tuesday establishing national monuments in memory of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley at three sites in Illinois and Mississippi. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the White House has not officially announced the president's plan.

According to the official, the date July 25 was chosen for the signing of the proclamation establishing a national monument in Emmett's memory because the black teenager was born on that day in 1941. He said national memorials would be set up at places where Emmett lived memorable moments, where his killers were convicted and where his mother campaigned for justice for her son.