Emmett Till's name is now enshrined as a national treasure.
The Black teenager who was tortured and killed in 1955, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, were honored Tuesday as President Joe Biden established a monument to honor them.
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2023/07/25/president-joe-biden-signs-a-proclamation-establishing-a-national-monument-honoring-emmett-till/70464196007/
President Biden will establish a national monument on Tuesday honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager who was brutally killed in 1955, and paying tribute to his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, according to White House officials.
Emmett’s murder and the subsequent activism of his mother helped propel the civil rights movement, and Mr. Biden will memorialize both individuals when he signs a proclamation naming the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/23/us/emmett-till-monument-biden.html
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has justified a sweeping amnesty for millions of hectares of oil palm plantations established illegally in forest areas, saying there are so many of them that it simply has no other option than to legalize them.
Activists have criticized the reasoning, saying it shows yet again how the government continues to put corporate interests over environmental ones.
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/indonesia-slammed-for-bowing-down-in-amnesty-for-illegal-oil-palm-estates/