National monuments and national parks are at risk of disappearing under the Trump administration. There are 138 National Monuments in the United States and they are all at risk of being sold for parts. This includes monuments commemorating figures of the Civil Rights movement, like the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. Till became a symbol of the movement after the 14-year-old was lynched in 1955 in Mississippi. “Images of Till’s badly decomposed body in that open casket really sparked the modern civil rights movement,” Alan Spears, the senior director of cultural resources and government affairs for the National Parks…
