Tallahatchie
Americannoun
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The third site is the Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse in Sumner, Miss., where an all-white jury acquitted Emmett’s killers.
From New York Times
The Mississippi sites are Graball Landing, the spot where Emmett’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River just outside of Glendora, Mississippi, and the Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi, where Emmett’s killers were tried.
From Seattle Times
The two sites in Mississippi include Graball Landing, which is where Emmett’s body was believed to be retrieved from the Tallahatchie River, and the Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi, where the teen’s killers were acquitted on murder charges.
From Washington Times
Jordan, who is Black, was a college student in September 1955 when he drove to the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner to watch the murder trial of two White men charged with killing Till — Carolyn’s husband Roy Bryant and his half brother, J.W.
From Washington Times
Chiles said she had grown up on a plantation near where Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River.
From Seattle Times
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