On U.S. 51, 0.2 miles north of Choctaw Ridge Road (County Road 204), on the right when traveling north.
Boundary between lands of
Choctaws. last of
last of which
were ceded to US, in Treaty
of Dancing Rabbit Creek in
1830, and remaining lands
of Chickasaws ceded by
Treaty of Pontotoc in 1832. — — Map (db m173900) HM
On Main Street at Swan Lake Road, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
The September 1955 acquittal of J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till fueled further racial violence. Clinton
Melton was an outspoken black man who was gunned down here 2-1/2 months later by Milam’s friend Elmer . . . — — Map (db m89871) HM
Near Thomas Street, 0.1 miles east of Gipson Avenue.
An old metal fan used for ginning cotton was taken from this gin, the M.B. Lowe's Glendora Gin, by Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam. After shooting the 14-year-old Emmett Till in the head, the men attached the fan, weighing over 70 pounds, to Till’s . . . — — Map (db m89882) HM
On Bridges Avenue at Gipson Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Bridges Avenue.
This site is where a black reporter, James Hicks, discovered information pertinent to the trial for the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955.
Here a young woman revealed to Hicks the real name of Leroy “Too Tight” Collins, as well . . . — — Map (db m89872) HM
On Thomas Street, 0.1 miles south of Gipson Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
This site was the home of J.W. Milam, who along with his half-brother, Roy Bryant, murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till on August 28, 1955. The two men confessed to journalist William Bradford Huie, during which Milam claimed he and his brother . . . — — Map (db m89876) HM
On Sharkey Road at River Road, on the right when traveling east on Sharkey Road.
On August 31, 1955, Emmett Till's body was found 2.6 miles to the
southeast. Fishermen discovered the body on a piece of land
adjacent to the Tallahatchie River, where it had been dumped
presumably as a warning to the black community. A cotton . . . — — Map (db m173984) HM
On Bridges Avenue at Gipson Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Bridges Avenue.
Front
Sonny Boy Williamson (c. 1912-1965), one of the premier artists in blues history, was born on a Glendora plantation under the name Alex Miller. A colorful character and charismatic performer, he was widely known as . . . — — Map (db m90025) HM
On North Court Street at West Court Street, on the right when traveling east on North Court Street.
In August 1955 the body of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black youth from Chicago, was found in the Tallahatchie River. On September 23, in a five day trial held in this courthouse, an all-white jury acquitted two white men, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, . . . — — Map (db m89870) HM
On U.S. 49E at Old Mill Road, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 49E.
Org. Dec. 23, 1833, after Third Choctaw Cession. Name means "River of the Rock." Tillatoba first county seat. Three adjacent counties contain part of original county. County seats are Charleston and Sumner. — — Map (db m89748) HM
On North Court Street at East Court Street, on the right when traveling east on North Court Street.
Front
1861–1865
Our Heroes
Rear
"For truth dies
not and by her
light they raise
the flag whose
starry folds have
never trailed;
and by the low
tents of the
deathless deed
they left the . . . — — Map (db m90268) WM
On Tippo Road south of Sharkey Road, on the right when traveling north.
Pianist, vocalist and songwriter Mose Allison was born in 1927 in Tippo, where he often listened to blues records on the jukebox at his father’s service station. In 1956 Allison moved to New York City, where he soon achieved acclaim as a jazz . . . — — Map (db m174101) HM
On Front Street at 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west on Front Street.
In his autobiography,
father of the blues, W.C. Handy
stated that he first heard the blues,
a native negro ballad form, in the
railroad station of Tutwiler in 1895. — — Map (db m89919) HM
On Hamcock Street at Front Street, on the left when traveling west on Hamcock Street.
On August 31, 1955, Woodrow Jackson prepared Emmett Till's
body here at the Tutwiler Funeral Home, to return to Emmett's
mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, in Chicago. Emmett's uncle, Crosby
Smith, had to sign a document promising not to open the . . . — — Map (db m173985) HM
On 2nd Street at Front Street, on the right when traveling north on 2nd Street.
Front
Bandleader W. C. Handy was waiting for a train here at the Tutwiler railway station circa 1903 when he heard a man playing slide guitar with a knife and singing “Goin’ where the Southern cross’ the Dog.” Handy later . . . — — Map (db m90027) HM
