Stories tagged "Tallahatchie Civil Rights Driving Tour": 10
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Emmett Till Interpretive Center
Please help us make the Emmett Till Memorial Project better. After you read this story, TAKE A SHORT SURVEY and let us know your thoughts! Thanks!The Emmett Till Memorial Commission has done more for the memory of Emmett Till than any other…
The Murder of Clinton Melton
Please help us make the Emmett Till Memorial Project better. After you read this story, TAKE A SHORT SURVEY and let us know your thoughts! Thanks!In December 1955, J. W. Milam’s neighbor (and Till murder accomplice) Elmer Kimbrell murdered African…
The Sign at Sharkey Bridge
Please help us make the Emmett Till Memorial Project better. After you read this story, TAKE A SHORT SURVEY and let us know your thoughts! Thanks!The Emmett Till Memorial Commission originally planned for only a single river site sign to mark the…
Delta Inn
Please help us make the Emmett Till Memorial Project better. After you read this story, TAKE A SHORT SURVEY and let us know your thoughts! Thanks!Built in 1920, the Delta Inn was a mansion that was the center of midcentury Sumner society and, during…
Homesite of J. W. Milam
Please help us make the Emmett Till Memorial Project better. After you read this story, TAKE A SHORT SURVEY and let us know your thoughts! Thanks!In 2008, the Emmett Till Memorial Commission (ETMC) erected a sign at this spot. Although nothing…
King's Place
Please help us make the Emmett Till Memorial Project better. After you read this story, TAKE A SHORT SURVEY and let us know your thoughts! Thanks!On Sunday, September 18, 1955, reporter James Hicks of the Afro-American was in Sumner preparing to…
Sumner Courthouse
Please help us make the Emmett Till Memorial Project better. After you read this story, TAKE A SHORT SURVEY and let us know your thoughts! Thanks!On September 19, 1955, at 9:25 am, the trial of J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmett…
Tutwiler Funeral Home
Please help us make the Emmett Till Memorial Project better. After you read this story, TAKE A SHORT SURVEY and let us know your thoughts! Thanks!Operated by town Mayor Chick Nelson, the Tutwiler Funeral Home played an essential role in the…
Graball Landing
Please help us make the Emmett Till Memorial Project better. After you read this story, TAKE A SHORT SURVEY and let us know your thoughts! Thanks!Graball Landing sits at the confluence of the Tallahatchie River and the Black Bayou. Many locals…
Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Museum
Please help us make the Emmett Till Memorial Project better. After you read this story, TAKE A SHORT SURVEY and let us know your thoughts! Thanks!This building is a testament to the ingenuity of Glendora Mayor Johnny B. Thomas. Originally the…