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By Mark Hilton, September 14, 2014
Bryant's Grocery Marker (Rear)
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 Mississippi, Leflore County, Money — 1 — Bryant's Grocery — Mississippi Freedom Trail —
Front Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till came to this site to buy candy in August 1955. White shopkeeper Carolyn Bryant accused the black youth of flirting with her, and shortly thereafter, Till was abducted by Bryant's husband and his half . . . Map (db m77418) HM
2 Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Sumner — Emmett Till Murder Trial
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
3 Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Glendora — Clinton Melton
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
4 Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Glendora — King's Place
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
5 Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Glendora — Milam's House
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
 
 
 
 
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