Tallahatchie River

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river

The Tallahatchie River is a river in Mississippi historically infamous as the site where the body of Emmett Till was found, a pivotal event in the American civil rights movement.

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Label Occurrences
Tallahatchie River canonical 13

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith civil rights memorialization efforts in Mississippi ⓘ
racial violence history in the United States ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
confluenceWith Yalobusha River NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
environmentType alluvial river ⓘ
etymology name derived from Choctaw language ⓘ
etymologyMeaning often interpreted as “rock of waters” or similar meaning ⓘ
flowsInto Yazoo River ⓘ
flowsThrough Lafayette County, Mississippi ⓘ
Leflore County ⓘ
surface form: Leflore County, Mississippi

Panola County, Mississippi ⓘ
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ⓘ
Yalobusha County, Mississippi ⓘ
forms Yazoo River ⓘ
hasBridge Tallahatchie River bridge at Money, Mississippi ⓘ
hasCountyInName Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ⓘ
hasFloodplain Mississippi River valley ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi Delta floodplain
hasTributary Little Tallahatchie River ⓘ
hasVariantName Little Tallahatchie River (for upper reaches) ⓘ
historicalSignificance associated with the American civil rights movement ⓘ
site connected to Emmett Till murder case ⓘ
isTributaryOf Yazoo River ⓘ
length approximately 230 miles ⓘ
approximately 370 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi ⓘ
northern Mississippi ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
mentionedIn historical accounts of Emmett Till case ⓘ
mouthOf Yazoo River ⓘ
near Greenwood, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
surface form: Greenwood, Mississippi

Money, Mississippi ⓘ
notableEventSite discovery of Emmett Till’s body in 1955 ⓘ
partOf Delta region of Mississippi ⓘ
Mississippi River basin ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi River watershed
region Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
sourceLocation Tippah County, Mississippi ⓘ
northeastern Mississippi ⓘ
ultimatelyFlowsInto Mississippi River ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
navigation in some stretches ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Murder of Emmett Till → bodyDisposedIn → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Greenwood, Mississippi, United States → locatedOnRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
subject surface form: Greenwood, Mississippi
New Albany, Mississippi, United States → locatedOnRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
subject surface form: New Albany, Mississippi
New Albany, Mississippi, United States → hasRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
subject surface form: New Albany, Mississippi
Leflore County → hasRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Money, Mississippi, United States → locatedOn → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
subject surface form: Money, Mississippi
Leflore County, Mississippi, United States → locatedOnRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
subject surface form: Leflore County, Mississippi
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States → namedFor → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
subject surface form: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Sumner, Mississippi, United States → locatedOnRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
subject surface form: Sumner, Mississippi
Yazoo River basin → containsRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Yazoo River → formedByConfluenceOf → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Yocona River (Yoknapatawpha River in fiction) → tributaryOf → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
subject surface form: Yocona River
Yocona River (Yoknapatawpha River in fiction) → hasMouth → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
subject surface form: Yocona River