This week, as part of the ACHP’s commitment to raise awareness of historic places, the agency is celebrating the five national monuments President Joe Biden has designated since taking office. Today, the feature is his fourth designation, the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Mississippi and Illinois.

In July, President Biden established the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. This designation honors the story of the events surrounding Emmett Till’s murder and their significance in the civil rights movement. It supports the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to advancing civil rights and telling a more complete American story.

According to the White House, the national monument will be anchored at three historic sites central to Emmett Till’s racially motivated murder in 1955 and the defining events that followed—including the courageous activism and leadership of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. The new national monument will also encourage and enable partnerships between the Department of the Interior, the National Park Service, and local communities and organizations to help conserve and interpret a broader network of historic sites that help tell the story of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley.

One of the ACHP’s partners, the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, joined with others to protect and preserve the remaining sites connected to this crucial history.