Joe Biden to establish monument for lynched black teenager Emmett Till

President Joe Biden adjusts his jacket after putting it on as he arrives at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown section of Washington (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honouring Emmett Till, the black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and his mother, a White House official said.

Mr Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi, according to the official.