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President Joe Biden delivered a pointed critique of what he described as attempts to"ban books" Tuesday while designating three sites as part of the new Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument.
Tuesday marked the 82nd anniversary of Till's birth, and in remarks delivered at a White House signing ceremony, the president heartily pushed back on education reform from Gov. Ron DeSantis and others."At a time when there are those who seek to ban books, bury history, we're making it clear — crystal, crystal clear. While darkness and denial can hide much, they erase nothing," Biden stated."We can't just choose to learn what we want to know.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had previously commented on the timing of Biden's Tuesday proclamation in the face of efforts to shape public school curricula in Republican-led states. "Let's not forget what we have seen these past several months as we witness extreme officials in Florida and across the country lie about American history," she told reporters during Monday's White House press briefing."The most recent example shamefully promotes a lie that enslaved people actually benefited from slavery."
In the text of the proclamation itself, Biden referred to Till's"story" as one"shaped by the fight for civil rights.""These places contain historic objects that illuminate the complicated fabric of our Nation and the injustice and inequality that Black people continue to experience today," the president said of the three Till sites in Illinois and Mississippi.
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