WIN: After Years of Advocacy, Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley Home Finally Designated a Chicago Landmark!

By Preservation Chicago

December 31, 2021

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1777 — From Tragedy to Triumph: After yearslong effort, the childhood home of lynching victim Emmett Till and his mother is declared a Chicago Landmark just in time for Black History Month. January 28, 2021. Image Credit: Chicago Sun-Times

Emmett Till childhood home now an official city landmark; The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley House in West Woodlawn became an official Chicago landmark after an expedited City Council vote Wednesday. It culminates years-long efforts to landmark the home of the teen whose 1955 lynching sparked the Civil Rights Movement, Maudlyne Ihejirika, Chicago Sun-Times, 1/27/21

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