Biden signs proclamation establishing Emmett Till monument

President Biden has signed a proclamation establishing a national monument honoring Emmett Till. The 1955 abduction, torture, and killing of Till, a Black teenager from Chicago, helped propel the civil rights movement. At a White House signing ceremony, President Biden said American history must not be ignored, no matter how ugly it is. He used the occasion to condemn renewed efforts in several states to ban books and to revise Black history curricula in schools.