Politics & Government
Roberts Temple Church, Site Of Emmett Till's Open-Casket Funeral, Proposed As National Monument
The Bronzeville church is already an official Chicago landmark, along with Till's childhood home.
CHICAGO (CBS) — A proposal to preserve Emmett Till's funeral site on the South Side as a national monument is now one step closer to becoming law.
The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley, and Roberts Temple National Historic Site Act would designate the Bronzeville church that held Emmett Till's pivotal open-casket memorial as a national monument. That means the church would be managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
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