Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ - Chicago, IL
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libbykc
N 41° 49.267 W 087° 37.577
16T E 447987 N 4630104
This church was the site of the open-casket visitation and funeral of Emmett Till in 1955, after he was brutally murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman.
Waymark Code: WM13BDJ
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2020
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Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ Building
1922, original building
1927, second floor added
This church building was the location, in early September of 1955, of the open-casket visitation and funeral for Emmett Till, an African-American teenager from Chicago who was murdered while visiting relatives in Mississippi. His brutal, racially-motivated killing was a catalytic moment in the modern civil-rights movement, drawing thousands of mourners to the visitation and funeral and horrifying countless others who saw photographs of the badly-mutilated body in African-American publications such as Jet magazine.
Designated on March 29, 2006
Richard M. Daley, Mayor
Commission on Chicago Landmarks
County: Cook
Historical Society: Commission on Chicago Landmarks
Dedication Date: 2006
Location: 4021 S State St # 1, Chicago, IL 60609
Website: [Web Link]
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