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.
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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 “Rice” Miller . . . — — Map (db m90025) HM
