Mamie Till Mobley and her son Emmett Till, whose 1955 lynching sparked the civil rights movement black teenager. The 1955 lynching spurred the civil rights movement.
The US president plans to sign an executive order Tuesday to mark the anniversary of Till's birth in 1941.
The new monument will consist of three protected areas in Illinois and Mississippi commemorating the life of Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
A 14-year-old teenager was kidnapped, tortured and killed in Mississippi. His corpse was so badly mutilated that he could only be identified by a ring on his finger.
His mother, Mamie, insisted on being buried in an open coffin. The images shocked the world and served as a catalyst for the civil rights movement.
The National Monument, defined as a national park-like protected area, will commemorate sites that are central to Till's history and his mother's activities, according to White House officials.
Emmett Till was kidnapped, tortured and killed in Mississippi in 1955. Photo: AP
Biden's venture comes at a time when debate is raging about how the nation's schools teach the legacy of slavery and the Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation in the South.
On Friday, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris criticized a revised curriculum in Florida that includes the teaching that slaves receive «personal benefit» from the skills they have learned through forced labor.
The Florida Board of Education approved the curriculum under legislation signed by Ron DeSantis, the state's governor and Republican presidential candidate in 2024.
The monument to Till will become Biden's fourth monument since taking office and his latest tribute to the teen's legacy.
White House screening
Earlier this year, he hosted a screening of Till, a drama about his lynching, at the White House.
Till was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, in 1955, when Carolyn Bryant Donham accused him of whistling and molesting her in a small town store. .
Later, the 14-year-old was kidnapped and shot to death by Donham's husband Roy Bryant and his half-brother JW Milam. His body was found in the Tallahatchie River, pinned down by a cotton gin fan.
Two men were charged with murder but were acquitted by an all-white jury. They confessed in an interview the following year, but were not immune from further prosecution.
Ms Donham later allegedly admitted in a book that she had lied about Till's advances. She died earlier this year.
Till's memorial will include a site at the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Bronzeville, the historically black neighborhood of Chicago where thousands of people gathered to mourn Till in September 1955.
The Mississippi sites are Graeball Wharf, believed to be the site where Till's mutilated body was pulled from the river, and the building Tallahatchie County Second Circuit Court in Sumner, Mississippi, where Till's killers were held. acquitted.
Previous signs at Graball Landing detailing Till's history have been repeatedly replaced after they were stolen or vandalized with bullet holes.
In 2019, a new bulletproof sign was installed as well as a surveillance system.
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