In December 1955, J. W. Milam’s neighbor (and Till murder accomplice) Elmer Kimbrell murdered African American gas-station attendant Clinton Melton. Kimbrell was irate because Melton had filled his entire gas tank instead of simply putting in $2 as…

In 2008, the Emmett Till Memorial Commission (ETMC) erected a sign at this spot. Although nothing remains except an overgrown field, in 1955 this was the site of J.W. Milam's home and, critically, his shed. The sign claims that Till was…

On Sunday, September 18, 1955, reporter of James Hicks of the Afro-American was in Sumner preparing to cover the Emmett Till murder trial. Looking for a pre-trial story, Hicks stopped by the biracial funeral of “Kid” Townsend—a well-liked black man…

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…

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…

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…