What’s That Building? Future Emmett Till House Museum

from In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons · host WBEZ Chicago

The West Woodlawn home of Emmett Till and his family is in the process of becoming a museum and memorial. In the Loop checks in with architecture sleuth Dennis Rodkin, cousin of Emmett Till and former resident of the Emmett Till House Ollie Gordon and Willie Douglas, organizer with Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 21, which is helping rehab the home. For a full archive of In the Loop interviews, head over to wbez.org/intheloop.

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