earlier i spoke with deborah watts, emmett till s cousin and the co founder of the emmett till legacy foundation. thank you so much forjoining us in ourstudio thank you so much forjoining us in our studio today. what does the national monument mean to you? it does the national monument mean to ou? ., , ., does the national monument mean to ou? . , ., , to you? it means that the story and the name to you? it means that the story and the name and to you? it means that the story and the name and the - and the name and the sacrifices, the nature in which emmett was murdered, that that story will be told, that those places that are being preserved will be protected and they are part of the journey from the life and legacy of emmett till and his mother and it is important that our american history has this piece and this moment in time as one that we can all remember. it is a sad story, it is a story of pain
teenager whose lynching in the 1950s galvanized the civil rights movement. the 14 year old was tortured, murdered and his body was dumped in a river in mississippi after a white shopkeeper said he whistled at her. no one was ever convicted. the announcement came on what would have been till s 85th birthday. earlier i spoke with deborah watts, emmett till s cousin, and the co founder of the emmett till legacy foundation. thank you so much forjoining us in our studio today. what does the national monument mean to you? it means that the story and the name and the sacrifices, the nature in which emmett was murdered, that that story will be told, that those places that are being preserved will be protected. they are part of the journey from the life and legacy of emmett till and his mother, and it is important that our american
Three students were suspended from their fraternity house, Kappa Alpha, after we shared an Instagram photo one of the men posted that was taken in front of a sign commemorating the murder of the 14-year-old black youth in 1955.
opportunity to sit with those that are making the decisions. there s so many others, too. we ll be traveling to this august on the 68th anniversary of emmitt s murder, to make sure people understand what the places mean on that journey he took. you mentioned something, deborah, that is salient for the time we re in now. there s discussion of what s happening with florida s school board. what do you worry about now and in the context of the fact that now, your cousin will be recognized for what happened doing even to this day. the march towards civil rights.
there s a move to recognize the impact that one black family had on our world. the president is going to announce a national mon monument to emmett till. two people marched him out of his home, after a woman accused him of rape. when it kachl time for the funeral, mhis mother said she wanted america to see what race iflt hate had done to her son. that was a sipivotal moment tha sparked the civil rights union. un unijoining me now is the president of the foundation, deborah watts. thank you for having me.