The Essential Emmett Till
If you are short on time, be sure to visit these sites.
Sumner Courthouse
The Trial, the Architecture, the Controversy
For nearly 50 years, the murder of Emmett Till was not commemorated in Tallahatchie County. Even the courthouse itself hid the story. Only recently has the second district Tallahatchie County Courthouse been used to tell Till's story.
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Bryant's Grocery & Meat Market
The Long-Ignored Site Where the Civil Rights Movement Started
It was at Bryant's Grocery & Meat Market that Emmett Till whistled at Carolyn Bryant and jump-started the American Civil Rights Movement. But the building has been allowed to fall into ruin. Worse still, civil rights money intended to restore civil rights sites has been intentionally directed away from the building.
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