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Smithsonian secretary discusses Emmett Till's legacy

President Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday to create a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. The Black teen was abducted and killed by White men in 1955 after being accused of whistling at a White woman. Smithsonian Institution secretary Lonnie Bunch III spoke with CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett about how Till's open casket funeral impacted the civil rights movement.
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