Leflore County, Mississippi, United States

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administrative territorial entity county

Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, is a county in the Mississippi Delta historically known as the site of the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, a pivotal event in the American civil rights movement.

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Label	Occurrences
Leflore County, Mississippi, United States canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ county ⓘ
associatedWith	American civil rights movement ⓘ civil rights activism in Mississippi ⓘ racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countySeat	Greenwood, Mississippi, United States ⓘ surface form: Greenwood, Mississippi
economyHistoricallyBasedOn	cotton agriculture ⓘ
eventLocation	lynching of Emmett Till ⓘ
hasAreaCharacteristic	predominantly rural ⓘ
hasClimate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic	majority African American population ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	county government ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Greenwood, Mississippi, United States ⓘ surface form: Greenwood, Mississippi Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States ⓘ surface form: Itta Bena, Mississippi Morgan City, Mississippi ⓘ Schlater, Mississippi ⓘ Sidon, Mississippi ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry	agriculture ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ timber ⓘ
hasTransportationInfrastructure	Mississippi Highway 7 ⓘ Mississippi Highway 8 ⓘ U.S. Route 49E NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 82 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	Jim Crow laws ⓘ surface form: Jim Crow era in the American South
historicallyKnownFor	lynching of Emmett Till ⓘ
largestCity	Greenwood, Mississippi, United States ⓘ surface form: Greenwood, Mississippi
locatedIn	Mississippi ⓘ North Mississippi Delta ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Delta
locatedInContinent	North America ⓘ
locatedInRegion	North Mississippi Delta ⓘ surface form: Yazoo-Mississippi Delta
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Tallahatchie River ⓘ Yalobusha River NERFINISHED ⓘ Yazoo River ⓘ
namedAfter	Greenwood LeFlore ⓘ
partOf	Deep South ⓘ North Mississippi Delta ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Delta cotton-growing region North Mississippi Delta ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Delta region Mississippi's 2nd congressional district ⓘ surface form: Mississippi’s 2nd congressional district United States South ⓘ
significantEvent	Murder of Emmett Till ⓘ surface form: 1955 lynching of Emmett Till
state	Mississippi ⓘ
subdivisionType	county ⓘ
usesLegalSystem	Mississippi state law ⓘ United States law ⓘ

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Murder of Emmett Till → tookPlaceIn → Leflore County, Mississippi, United States ⓘ