to learn what we should know. we should know about our country. we should know everything, the good, the bad, truth, who we are as a nation. that s what great nations do. the last thing before we go tonight. the good, the bad and the truth. today, president biden designated a new national mama monument honoring emmet till and his mother. 14-year-old black boy who was beaten and shot to death in mississippi 1955 after a white woman accused him of whistling at her. in the presidents remarks, he took aim at republicans were trying currently trying to whitewash parts of america s history in textbooks. my colleague blayne alexander has a closer look. the monument will have three sites. tallahatchie river bank were tools mutilated body was pulled from the water. the courthouse in southern, mississippi where his killers were tried and acquitted by an all white jury. and robert temples church in
currently trying to whitewash parts of america s history in textbooks. my colleague blaine alexander has a closer look. reporter: the monument will have three sites, the tallahatchie river bank where emmett till s mutilated body was pulled from the water, the courthouse in summer, mississippi where his killers were trial and acquitted by an all white jury. and roberts temple church in chicago, the site of emmett till s open casket funeral, a decision by his mother who allowed jet magazine to photograph and publish images of her son s body, bringing her the world face to face with brutal reality of racism. what do you remember most about that? i just remember being kind of reverend parker was emmett till s a cousin, his best friend, and the last living witness to emmett till s objection. he was in the very next room when a group of white men took emmett till s from his family house. talking to god inwardly, there and they worked with him
became a catalyst for the civil rights movement. now till s memory is being honored with a national monument. here is blayne alexander. reporter: emmett till would have turned 82 years old today. instead, in 1955, the 14-year-old boy was abducted, beaten, and lynched after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in money, mississippi. and today president biden created the first national monument named for emmett till and his mother mamie till-mobley. we should know about our country. we should know everything, the good, the bad, the truth, who we are as a nation. reporter: the monument will have three sites, the tallahatchie river bank where till s mutilated body was pulled from the water, the courthouse in sumner, mississippi, where his killers were tried and acquitted by an all-white jury. and roberts temple church in chicago, the site of till s open casket funeral, a decision by his mother, who allowed jet magazine to