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Biden hosts screening of film about lynching of Emmett Till

CORRECTS NAME TO PRISCILLA STERLING, NOT PATRICIA STERLING - FILE - This undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, who was kidnapped, tortured and killed in the Mississippi Delta in August 1955 after witnesses claimed he whistled at a white woman working in a store. Till's cousin, Priscilla Sterling, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, to compel the current Leflore County sheriff, Ricky Banks, to serve an arrest warrant on Carolyn Bryant in the kidnapping that led to the brutal lynching of Till, a Black teenager. She has since remarried and is named Carolyn Bryant Donham. (AP Photo/File) President Joe Biden speaks before the screening of the movie "Till" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. The movie, "Till," is the story of Mamie Till-Mobley who pursued justice after the lynching of her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, in 1955. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Priscilla Sterling, left, of Jackson, Miss., and Anna Laura Cush Williams, right, of Port Gibson, Miss., both cousins of Emmett Till, attend a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington, about their hope to have a 1955 arrest warrant served on Carolyn Bryant Donham in the kidnapping that led to Till's brutal lynching. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) A movie poster for the film "Till" is displayed as people arrive for a screening of the movie in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. The movie, "Till," is the story of Mamie Till-Mobley who pursued justice after the lynching of her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, in 1955. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) President Joe Biden speaks before the screening of the movie "Till" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. The movie, "Till," is the story of Mamie Till-Mobley who pursued justice after the lynching of her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, in 1955. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) This image released by Orion Pictures shows Jalyn Hall as Emmett Till in the movie "Till." President Joe Biden on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, is hosting a screening of the movie “Till,” a wrenching, new drama about the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, who was brutally killed after a white woman said the Black 14-year-old had made improper advances toward her. (Andre Wagner/Orion Pictures via AP) This image released by Orion Pictures shows Jalyn Hall as Emmett Till, left, and Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till-Mobley in "Till." President Joe Biden on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, is hosting a screening of the movie “Till,” a wrenching, new drama about the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, who was brutally killed after a white woman said the Black 14-year-old had made improper advances toward her. (Lynsey Weatherspoon/Orion Pictures via AP)
Biden hosts screening of film about lynching of Emmett Till