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shutterandsentence · 1 year

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Photo: Starved Rock State Park, Illinois

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alwaysbewoke · 1 month

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reasonsforhope · 9 months

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"When President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday establishing a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, it marked the fulfillment of a promise Till’s relatives made after his death 68 years ago.

The Black teenager from Chicago, whose abduction, torture and killing in Mississippi in 1955 helped propel the Civil Rights Movement, is now an American story, not just a civil rights story, said Till’s cousin the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr.

“It has been quite a journey for me from the darkness to the light,” Parker said during a proclamation signing ceremony at the White House attended by dozens, including other family members, members of Congress and civil rights leaders.

“Back then in the darkness, I could never imagine the moment like this, standing in the light of wisdom, grace and deliverance,” he said.

With the stroke of Biden’s pen, the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, located across three sites in two states, became federally-protected places. Before signing the proclamation, the president said he marvels at the courage of the Till family to “find faith and purpose in pain.”

“Today, on what would have been Emmett’s 82nd birthday, we add another chapter in the story of remembrance and healing,” Biden said...

On Tuesday, reaction poured in from other elected officials and from the civil rights organizing community. The Rev. Al Sharpton said the Till national monument designation tells him “that out of pain comes power.”

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jefferies said the monument “places the life and legacy of Emmett Till among our nation’s most treasured memorials.”

“Black history is American history,” he said in a written statement...

Till-Mobley demanded that Emmett’s mutilated remains be taken back to Chicago for a public, open casket funeral that was attended by tens of thousands of people. Graphic images taken of Emmett’s remains, sanctioned by his mother, were published by Jet magazine and fueled the Civil Rights Movement...

Altogether, the Till national monument will include 5.7 acres (2.3 hectares) of land and two historic buildings. The Mississippi sites are Graball Landing, the spot where Emmett’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River just outside of Glendora, Mississippi, and the Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi, where Emmett’s killers were tried...

The Illinois site is Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Chicago, where Emmett’s funeral was held in September 1955...

Mississippi state Sen. David Jordan, 90, was a freshman at Mississippi Valley State College in 1955 when he attended part of the trial of the two men charged with killing Emmett. As a state senator for the past 30 years, Jordan, who is Black, spearheaded fundraising for a statue of Emmett Till that was dedicated last year in Greenwood, Mississippi, a few miles from where the teenager was abducted.

On Tuesday, Jordan praised Biden for creating the Till national monument.

“It’s one of the greatest honors that a president could pay to a person, 14, who lost his life in Mississippi that’s created a movement that changed America,” Jordan told the AP."

-via AP, July 25, 2023

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alwaysahiccupandastrid · 2 years

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I mean this in the least snarky way possible, but a mass shooting taking place on 4th July - Independence Day - in the US is just… very indicative of where America is at right now. Like my dad told me and I wasn’t surprised - saddened and worried for innocent people, but not surprised.

This is no shade on my American followers/friends, I know they’re also horrified and scared about what their country has become/is doing. But it just speaks volumes about the US that mass shootings are the norm, especially in schools, and that buying assault rifles while you’re 18 is fine but god forbid someone wants to terminate an unwanted pregnancy or drink before they’re 21.

#I hope you’re all safe whether you’re in Illinois or not #highland park #independence day #united states #usa #gun control #mass shooting #4th of july

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kodachrome-net · 8 months

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The End of Summer. Illinois Beach, September 3, 2023

#illinois beach #lake michigan #the beach #photographers on tumblr #the end of summer #original photography #labor day #google pixel 3a #illinois #illinois beach state park #2023 #pixel 3a

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euphorictruths · 1 year

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Fern Clyffe State Park; Goreville, Illinois

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deadbeat-h0liday · 2 years

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Gorgeous Fall day 🍃🍁🍂

Starved Rock State Park, Oglesby IL.

#mine #stoner #weed #high #maryjane #stoned #stoner chick #tattoo #hiking #illinois #state park #fall 2022 #autumn #joint #prerolls #girls who smoke weed #cannabis

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wandering-jana · 8 months

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Giant City State Park, Illinois

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#illinois #travel #explore #nature #nature photography #landscape #giant city state park #forest #forest photography #hiking #original photography #photography #photographers on tumblr #wandering #wanderlust #lensblr #wanderingjana

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alexandrachdhry · 8 months

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Illinois Beach State Park

#illinois #illinois beach state park

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loublu08 · 8 months

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#mississippi river #river #sunset #state parks #mississippi palisades state park #sunlight #rivercore #midwest #Illinois #northern Illinois #USA

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wgm-beautiful-world · 10 months

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CLOUD GATE (THE BEAN) - CHICAGO

#cloud gate #the bean #el frijol #millenium park #parque milenio #downtown #centro #lake michigan #lago michigan #chicago #illinois #united states #estados unidos #north america #norte america #america

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shutterandsentence · 1 year

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“A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you.”

-Ezekiel 36:26

Photo: Starved Rock State Park, Illinois

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the-hearth-and-the-wild · 1 year

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Autumn warmth in early November at Matthiessen State Park, Illinois

#my photography #nature photography #autumn walks #autumn photography #my photos #illinois #autumn leaves #walking in nature #nature #Matthiessen state park

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mgenchanted · 1 year

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Remains of Nike missile base in Pere Marquette state park near Grafton Illinois. This Cold War era relic was once 50 acres, but was demolished in the early 90’s. Today all that’s left of the site is a small fenced In section of torn up road, the guard house, and four small structures that once housed radar equipment

#photography #outdoors #pere marquette #pere Marquette state park #illinois #Illinois state park #grafton illinois #abandoned places #abandoned missile base #abandoned buildings #urbex #urban exploration

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dopescissorscashwagon · 9 months

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Mattheissen State Park, Illinois July 2021

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#Joe Howard #Mattheissen State Park #Illinois #July 2021 #USA #Amazing #Beautiful #Nature #Travel

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sitting-on-me-bum · 1 year

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Island of Red Leaves by TroyMarcyPhotography.com Via Flickr: Such a pretty little scene on Dawson Lake of the island of trees with red leaves framed nicely by red leaves above.

#2018 #Art #Autumn #Beauty #Canon 10-18mm #Canon 7D #Dawson Lake #Fall Colors #Hiking #Illinois #Lake #Landscape #Midwest #Moraine View State Park #Outdoors #Trees #flickr #nature

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