In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled to Money, Mississippi, to visit
relatives. He was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered after reportedly whistling
at a white woman. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open-casket
funeral near their hometown of Chicago. Her brave decision let the world see
the racist violence inflicted upon her son and set the Civil Rights Movement
into motion.

In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled to Money, Mississippi, to visit relatives. He was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered after reportedly whistling at a white woman. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open-casket funeral near their hometown of Chicago. Her brave decision let the world see the racist violence inflicted upon her son and set the Civil Rights Movement into motion.

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley, ca. 1954.

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley

Present-day photo of the Inside of Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ.

Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ Interior

Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., cousin and last living witness of Emmett Till’s kidnapping, viewing Chicago Landmark plaque on Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ.

Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr.

The Emmett Till Interpretive Center in Sumner, MS, an official nonprofit partner of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument.

Emmett Till Interpretive Center

Interior of the Emmett Till Interpretive Center.

Emmett Till Interpretive Center 2

Emmett Till Interpretive Center Interior

Present-day interior view of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse courtroom where the trial of the men accused of lynching Emmett Till took place took place.

Tallahatchie County Courthouse Courtroom

Road leading to Graball Landing in Glendora, MS.

Graball Landing Road

Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Chicago.

Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ

The Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner, MS.

Tallahatchie County Courthouse

Graball Landing in Glendora, MS.

Graball Landing

Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till’s body was found near Graball Landing on the Tallahatchie River following his lynching in 1955.

The trial of the men accused of lynching Emmett Till took place at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi in 1955.

At the Mississippi unit, visitor information can be found at the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, in Sumner, Mississippi.

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument

Bird's eye view of the park

Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge is located in northwest Mississippi,
4 1/2 miles south of the town of Crowder. Established in 2000, this refuge
consists of 2,374 acres. At the center of the refuge are 24 retired catfish
ponds, ranging in size from 12 to 21 acres and totaling 497 acres. These ponds
are intensively managed for migrating waterfowl, shorebirds, and wading birds.
A majority of the refuge has been reforested in native bottomland hardwood
species. Almost all of this forested land is flooded annually during the
winter and spring by backwater flooding.

Up to 10,000 migratory waterfowl winter on the refuge, and 34 species of
shorebirds have been recorded during the spring and fall migration. Peregrine
falcons, least terns, black terns, bald and golden eagles, and wood storks
have been observed. Due to intensive management, the refuge is critically
important as a sanctuary for waterfowl and neotropical migratory birds. For
this reason, the refuge is closed to public access except for an observation
tower at the north end of the ponds.

Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge is located in northwest Mississippi, 4 1/2 miles south of the town of Crowder.  Established in 2000,  this refuge consists of 2,374 acres.  At the center of the refuge are 24 retired catfish ponds, ranging in size from 12 to 21 acres and totaling 497 acres.  These ponds are intensively managed for migrating waterfowl, shorebirds, and wading birds.  A majority of the refuge has been reforested in native bottomland hardwood species.  Almost all of this forested land is flooded annually during the winter and spring by backwater flooding.Up to 10,000 migratory waterfowl winter on the refuge, and 34 species of shorebirds have been recorded during the spring and fall migration.  Peregrine falcons, least terns, black terns, bald and golden eagles, and wood storks have  been observed.  Due to intensive management, the refuge is critically important as a sanctuary for waterfowl and neotropical migratory birds.  For this  reason, the refuge is closed to public access except for an observation tower at the north end of the ponds.

Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge

Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1991 and consists of
4,199 acres in Grenada and Tallahatchie Counties of Mississippi.

Like many areas in the Mississippi Delta, the lands which form Tallahatchie
National Wildlife Refuge are relatively flat and have been extensively cleared
and drained for agriculture. Since these lands were acquired by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 1,300 acres have been removed from agricultural
production and reforested with native hardwood species. Today, the refuge's
largest unit is a patchwork of old fields and small scattered hardwood
bottomland forests bisected by the meandering Tippo Bayou.

The refuge is complemented on the south by the 9,483-acre Malmaison Wildlife
Management Area, managed by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries,
and Parks.

Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1991 and consists of 4,199 acres in Grenada and Tallahatchie Counties of Mississippi.Like many areas in the Mississippi Delta, the lands which form Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge are relatively flat and have been extensively cleared and drained for agriculture. Since these lands were acquired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1,300 acres have been removed from agricultural production and reforested with native hardwood species. Today, the refuge's largest unit is a patchwork of old fields and small scattered hardwood bottomland forests bisected  by the meandering Tippo Bayou.The refuge is complemented on the south by the 9,483-acre Malmaison Wildlife Management Area, managed by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks.

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