Historical Markers in Tutwiler, Mississippi

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Historical Markers in Tutwiler, Mississippi

1 ► Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Tutwiler — Legendary Home of the Blues — A Landmark of American Music —

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

2 ► Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Tutwiler — Tutwiler Funeral Home —

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

3 ► Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Tutwiler — 95 — W.C. Handy Encounters the Blues —

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

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