Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States

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administrative territorial entity county

Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States is a rural 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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Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
governingBody Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors ⓘ
hasCountySeat Charleston, Mississippi ⓘ
Sumner, Mississippi ⓘ
hasHistoricalRelevance civil rights history ⓘ
racial violence in the United States ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Charleston, Mississippi ⓘ
Sumner, Mississippi ⓘ
hasLegalVenue Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston ⓘ
Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner ⓘ
hasNotablePersonEvent Emmett Till ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernment county government ⓘ
isRural true ⓘ
knownFor site of the 1955 Emmett Till murder and trial ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi ⓘ
North Mississippi Delta ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi Delta
locatedInRegion northwestern Mississippi ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
namedFor Tallahatchie River ⓘ
partOf Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South

North Mississippi Delta ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi Delta region

United States South ⓘ
significantEvent Murder of Emmett Till ⓘ
surface form: Emmett Till murder trial

Murder of Emmett Till ⓘ
surface form: lynching of Emmett Till
significantFor American civil rights movement ⓘ
state Mississippi ⓘ
subdivisionType county ⓘ
usesLegalSystem Mississippi state law ⓘ
United States law ⓘ

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