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The former home of Emmett and Mamie Till at 6427 South St. Lawrence Avenue is in the West Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago Aug. 26. The Chicago home of Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 lynching galvanized the civil rights movement, has been granted landmark status.
DeKALB The Chicago City council declared the former home of Emmett Till a national landmark Wednesday, Jan. 27.
Emmett Till, a Chicago teenager, was from the Woodlawn area on the Southside of Chicago. Till was brutally lynched while visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi during the summer of 1955.
Till’s horrific death at the age of 14 was highly publicized and is said to have been a catalyst to the start of the modern civil rights movement.
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Tuesday
On Tuesday, there will be a high chance of snow after 2 p.m. with a high of 30 degrees and wind gusts as high as 20 mph. The chance of precipitation is 90%. There could be a one-inch accumulation of snow.
Hazardous travel conditions are possible Tuesday PM into Wednesday AM. Snow develops over the area late Tue then gradually changes to a wintry mix, including freezing rain overnight. Warmer air moves in on Wed helping end the icing threat during the day for most areas #ILwx#INwxpic.twitter.com/SsyNR93XDu
Wednesday
On Wednesday, rain is expected before 3 p.m., with a slight chance of snow. It will be a high of 35 degrees and cloudy. There’s a 50% chance of precipitation.
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