Mamie Till-Mobley and Son, Emmett Till, Posthumously Awarded Congressional Gold Medals

Emmett Till, a Chicago teen killed in the 1950s for the color of his skin, will be awarded a congressional gold medal. The then teen’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, will also be awarded after she asked for the opening of the casket during burial as a way to decry the social vice that led to the […]