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Biden Designates Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument

President Biden on Tuesday captured a poignant chapter of U.S. history when he designated the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, which protects three historic sites in Illinois and Mississippi that were central to Emmett Till’s racially motivated murder, the acquittal of his murderers, and the subsequent activism by his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, that helped catalyze the Civil Rights Movement.

Bellevue House National Historic Site Promises A More Complete Telling Of Controversial Story

Bellevue House National Historic Site has a new management plan that promises an evolving understanding of the controversial legacy of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada' first prime minister and the politician who helped to create residential schools that forcibly separated Indigenous children from their families and sent them to boarding schools where they were often abused and humiliated.

Ohio Man Dies From Cliff Jumping At Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Jumping from cliffs at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah into the cool waters of Lake Powell can be a great activity, if you know exactly what you're jumping into. Is it shallow? Are there submerged objects? There are a number of risky conditions that can arise from jumping into Lake Powell.