2 Chicago area African American landmarks awarded national grants
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The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund has awarded $3 million of grants to preserve 40 African American landmarks across the country, including two in the Chicago area.
The church that hosted the funeral of Emmett Till, Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ on Chicago's South Side, will receive $150,000.
The 14-year-old from Chicago was killed by a white mob for allegedly whistling at a white woman while visiting relatives in Mississippi in 1955.
Till was the cousin of Marvel McCain Parker's husband. She said the grant money will be used for structural repairs.