Biden honors Emmett Till and his mother amid debate over how to teach kids

Biden honors Emmett Till and his mother amid debate over how to teach kids

The Emmett Till and Mamie TillMobley National Monument will be centered in Illinois and Mississippi the states where Till was from and killed respectively. Biden designated the monument on what would have been Tills nd birthday. Till was a Black teenager whose murder in helped galvanize the civil rights movement. Dozens of states have taken steps restricting how issues of race or racism are taught in schools leading to fresh concern that Americas darkest chapters are being held from students view. Biden suggested Tuesday impeded efforts toward reconciliation. Only with truth comes healing justice repair and another step forward towards forming a more perfect union. Weve got a hell of a long way to go he said. Biden himself has used the history of Tills murder previously to insist on shining a light onto dark moments. They cant erase the past and they shouldnt he said during a screening of the film Till earlier this year. Did you ever think wed be talking about banning books in America Banning history Im serious Biden said in his speech Tuesday. While Biden has largely focused on his economic agenda as he makes his reelection argument Harris has emerged as a more forceful voice on cultural issues like race guns and abortion. The Biden teams internal polling has demonstrated enthusiasm among Democrats for speaking out forcefully on issues like education and book bans ensuing those topics will make a regular appearance on the campaign trail in the months ahead. The new monument will encompass three separate sites an official said including the Roberts Temple Church in Chicago and Graball Landing in Mississippi. Two additional Mississippi sites will be where Tills body is believed to be pulled from the Tallahatchie River and where an all-White jury acquitted Tills murderers in Sumner County, Mississippi. The monument will also be where the body was pulled from TallahATCHie County Second District Courthouse in Sumter County. The fourth of Bidens administration seeks to ensure a painful event in American racial history isnt ignored. A yearold from Chicago Till was visiting family in Mississippi when he was beaten and shot to death for allegedly whistling at a White woman. The decision that bravely resisted sanitizing the brutality of racism allowing the world to see was bravely made by Till’s mother Mamie. She insisted on an opencasket funeral so visitors could see her sons body mangled beyond recognition. In a time when there are those who seek to ban books bury history were making it clear crystal crystal clear While darkness and denialism can hide much they erase nothing Biden said at the White House where he and members of the Till family gathered to formally approve the new monument. Biden said we have to learn what we should know. We should know everything. The good the bad the truth. Who we are as a nation. That is who we are. And as people who love our country as patriots we know that we must remember and teach our full history even when it is painful especially when it’s painful. The Vice President made a last minute trip to Florida on Friday to respond to new state education guidelines that in part require instruction for middle schoolers to include how slaves developed skills which in some instances could be applied for personal benefit.

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