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Maps of Proposed Mamie &

Emmett Till National Park Sites

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Roberts Temple Church of
God in Christ
Chicago, Illinois

Site of the open-casket funeral service for Emmett Till that was attended by over 100,000 people.

Chicago,

Illinois

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Chicago
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Mississippi

Delta

Sunflower County Seed Barn
Sunflower County, Mississippi

The barn, then owned by Leslie Milam, where Emmett Till was horrifically beaten and likely murdered.

Graball Landing
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

The site where locals believe Emmett's body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River that has become a nationally-significant site of commemoration.

Tallahatchie County Courthouse
Sumner, Mississippi

Site of the 1955 trial of J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmett Till and the 2007 apology to the Till family by the citizens of Tallahatchie County.

Bryant's Grocery & Meat Market
Money, Mississippi

The store where Emmett Till whistled at Carolyn Bryant, the event that led J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant to kidnap Emmett from his great-uncle's home.

East Money Church of
God in Christ
Money, Mississippi

The cemetery where Emmett Till's body was almost buried--until Mamie Till-Mobley sent word to interrupt the grave digging.

Moses Wright's Home Site
Money, Mississippi

Emmett Till's great-aunt and great-uncle's home from which he was kidnapped on August 28, 1955.

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Mississippi Delta
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