Some of the money will go to save African American cemeteries in Pennsylvania.
In this Aug. 26, 2020 file photo, the former home of Emmett and Mamie Till on South St. Lawrence Avenue in the West Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago. Emmett Till's Chicago home is one of more than two dozen historically significant sites that will share in $3 million grant money from a preservation organization.
Brent Leggs, executive director of the organization that is in its fifth year of awarding the grants, said the effort is intended to fill “some gaps in the nation’s understanding of the civil rights movement.”helped galvanize the civil rights movement. The Chicago home where Mamie Till Mobley and her son lived will receive funding for a project director to oversee restoration efforts, including renovating the second floor to what it looked like when the Tills lived there.
Leggs said it is is particularly important to do something that shines a light on Mamie Till Mobley. After her 14-year-old son’s lynching, Till Mobley insisted that his body be displayed in an open casket as it looked when it was pulled from a river, to show the world what racism looked like.
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