The Emmett Till Interpretive Center has bought a barn outside Drew, Mississippi, where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed in 1955.

Why it matters: The purchase of the barn, which has changed private ownership over decades, now secures one of the most significant sites in American civil rights history.

Driving the new: The acquisition ensures the site won't be lost to development or destruction, as many historical locations tied to anti-Black violence have been. • "Our board voted to pay the $1.5 million that was necessary to protect the site," the center said in a statement. • "We chose preservation over risk, and truth over silence — because you can't put a price on our history."

The big picture: The barn is among the most critical physical remnants of Till's murder, a

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