Operated by town Mayor Chick Nelson, the Tutwiler Funeral Home played an essential role in the acquittal of the murderers and in the dissemination of a once-common myth that Till had not been killed. During the Till trial of September 1955,…

The Tallahatchie County jail in Charleston, MS may or may not have been involved in the murder of Emmett Till and the cover-up that followed. According to the century’s most influential account of the murder, the so-called “confession” published…

Graball Landing sits at the confluence of the Tallahatchie River and the Black Bayou. Many locals believe that it is the site where Till’s body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River. Since April 2008, the site has become the focus of national…

This building is a testament to the ingenuity of Glendora Mayor Johnny B. Thomas. Originally the Glendora Cotton Gin, Thomas transformed this building into the only Till Museum in the world: the Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center (the ETHIC…

According to the so-called “confession” penned by journalist William Bradford Huie in the January 24, 1956 issue of LOOK Magazine, Emmett Till was beaten in a shed behind J.W. Milam’s house in Glendora, taken to a steep bank on River Road, shot in…

When Emmett Till’s body was discovered in the Tallahatchie River on Wednesday morning, August 31, plans were hastily made to have him buried in the small cemetery at the East Money Church of God in Christ—a humble black church that Moses Wright once…

Many people believe that this bridge may have been the spot that the body of Emmett Till was dropped into the water. Approximately two miles east of this spot, the Bayou spills into the Tallahatchie River. At the confluence of the two rivers is a…

On the evening of August 24, 1955, at Bryant's Grocery & Meat Market, Emmett Till whistled at Carolyn Bryant. It was a history bending whistle. According to the sign that has stood in front Bryant’s Grocery since 2011, the whistle jump-started…