Tallahatchie County Courthouse (Second District)

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county courthouse courthouse historic building

The Tallahatchie County Courthouse (Second District) is a historic courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi, best known as the site of the 1955 Emmett Till murder trial.

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Tallahatchie County Courthouse (Sumner) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county courthouse ⓘ
courthouse ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
architecturalFunction seat of the Second Judicial District court ⓘ
associatedWith Emmett Till NERFINISHED ⓘ
J. W. Milam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roy Bryant NERFINISHED ⓘ
civil rights history ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ⓘ
Courthouses in Mississippi ⓘ
Historic sites of the civil rights movement in Mississippi ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasDistrict Second Judicial District of Tallahatchie County NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricSignificance American civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
racial justice in the United States ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sumner, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
notableFor 1955 Emmett Till murder trial ⓘ
serves Second Judicial District of Tallahatchie County NERFINISHED ⓘ
trialHeld Emmett Till murder trial NERFINISHED ⓘ
trialYear 1955 ⓘ
usedFor county government functions ⓘ
judicial proceedings ⓘ

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Sumner, Mississippi, United States → hasCourthouse → Tallahatchie County Courthouse (Second District) ⓘ
subject surface form: Sumner, Mississippi
Sumner, Mississippi, United States → hasHistoricBuilding → Tallahatchie County Courthouse (Second District) ⓘ
subject surface form: Sumner, Mississippi
this entity surface form: Tallahatchie County Courthouse (Sumner)