The former home of Emmett and Mamie Till at 6427 S St. Lawrence Avenue is in the West Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. The Chicago home of Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 lynching galvanized the civil rights movement, has been granted landmark status. The Chicago City Council on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, approved an ordinance that protects the South Side home from demolition. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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