A cultural preservation organization announced the house of Emmett Till will receive part of $3 million in grants being distributed to sites & organizations that are important pieces of Black history.
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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 slain for reportedly whistling at a white woman.
Emmett Till s Chicago home is one of more than two dozen historically significant sites that will share $3 million in grant money from a preservation organization.
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