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Hoover\'s Grocery and Country Kitchen, at 214 Young Street, in Greenwood\'s Bapist Town neighborhood. An important community gathering site. A site on the audio walking tour of Baptist Town, developed by Brandeis University students, in collaboration wit...

A community museum exploring the history of the blues, Baptist Town, and African-American culture in the Mississippi Delta. A site on the audio walking tour of Baptist Town, under development by Brandeis University students, in collaboration with the D...

This memorial sign was errected in 2005. The sign is actually located on Hwy 49, some miles away from the site of the Bryant store and actual murder of Till.

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Site of the tragic encounter between Emmett Till and Carolyn Bryant in August 1955, which led to the brutal lynching of Emmett Till. The murder and subsequent trial galvanized national and international outrage, and is considered by many to have been a...

Monument to the famed civil rights activist Ms.Fannie Lou Hamer

1 show at Temple Theatre

Widely considered to be one of the birthplaces of the Blues. Henry Sloan, Charley Patton, Son House and Tommy Johnson,among others, played here.

Approximate location of the J.W. Millam homestead, where Emmett Till was tortured prior to his murder in August 1955. CHECK LOCATION.

Approximate location of the J.W. Millam homestead, where Emmett Till was tortured prior to his murder in August 1955.

Betty Collum,MS State Univ.TL,teaches 5th grade LA here.

The Delta Center, at Delta State University in Cleveland,MS, promotes understanding of the history and culture of the Mississippi Delta and its significance to the rest of the world. The Brandeis University community-engaged learning program has partne...