ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS

Back in 1955 justice was lost on America. Black citizens across the nation fell victim to lynch mobs, false imprisonments, and murder without recourse. A system was put in place to keep them down, and it worked – it worked well. As just a young, 14-yearold black boy, Emmett Till was murdered under these heinous circumstances; there was no recourse, and the woman who made the false accusation which led to his demise continued to lie about it even after his death— all the while a free woman. America has changed much since then. It doesn’t take a history degree to recognize that this unjust, unrectified murder in Mississippi was this spark that ignited the Civil Rights Movement. The killing of Emmett Till was so grotesque, so disturbing, and the circumstances so infuriating, that it was itself the final straw for all those who silently sat and watched Black men and women, young to old, treated as less than human.

Recently, President Biden signed a proclamation which establishes a national monument to honor Emmett Till. It is a tribute not simply to Till, but the countless Blacks who were slaughtered, raped, and harmed simply because they looked different from their assailants. It is a monument of unity to show how far we have come in just 70 years, and how we must continue to confront racism head on in order to wipe away its final remnants.

Yet, for some unity seems opposite from the message they hope it would provide. Biden and his big media allies have seized this opportunity to push radical left-wing politics in some desperate attempt to rewrite history and paint Emmett Till as a martyr for hatred of those who bear a different skin tone from Till –but, hatred that, to the left, is apparently justified. Just watch the signing of the proclamation; listen to Biden’s speech about it. This isn’t mere con-