WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will honor Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 killing helped galvanize the Civil Rights movement, and his mother with a national monument across two states.
One of the monument sites is the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Chicago, where Till's funeral took place.
REUTERS/Brian SnyderSigns erected at Graball Landing since 2008 to commemorate Till's killing have been repeatedly defaced by gunfire.
Any future vandalism would be investigated by federal law enforcement rather than local police, according to Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in Sumner, Mississippi.
Biden, an 80-year-old Democrat, will likely need strong support from Black voters to secure a second term in the 2024 presidential election.
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Joe Biden, Emmett Till, Mamie Till, Bradley, Wheeler Parker Jr, Till's, Parker, Roberts, Banutu, Gomez, George Floyd, Brian Snyder, Patrick Weems, Emmett, Thomas Edison, Biden, Donald Trump, Christopher Benson, Trevor Hunnicutt, Jonathan Allen, Heather Timmons
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