SAVING TILL’S HOME

A preservation group wants the Chicago home where Emmett Till once lived to receive landmark status. The boy and his mother moved into the red-brick two-flat in 1953. It was the black youngster’s home before he traveled to Mississippi in 1955, where he was brutally murdered at age 14, a crime that galvanized the civilrights movement. Preservation Chicago notes that landmark status would protect the home from demolition and major changes. The current owner says he was unaware of the property’s history and is interested in ensuring it is turned into something to honor Till’s memory.