ToplineA Chicago church that went down in American history when it was the backdrop for 14-year-old lynching victim Emmett Till’s famously open-casket funeral has been named one of America’s most endangered historic sites by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Despite Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ’s structural issues, the building is protected from demolition thanks to a 2006 declaration of the church as a Chicago landmark. TangentThe National Trust for Historic Preservation releases an annual report on the nation’s most endangered places, and this year, multiple places on the list are linked to Black U.S. history. “Emmett Till was my George Floyd,” wrote Civil Rights pioneer John Lewis in a New York Times op-ed before his death in July. Further ReadingEmmet Till’s Chicago Home Given A Preliminary Landmark Status (Forbes)‘Emmett Till Is Anne Frank To Black America’ (Forbes)

Source: Forbes September 25, 2020 21:00 UTC