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Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African-American teenager from Chicago, Illinois who was brutally lynched near the small town of Drew in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
NEOMIA "SIS"LAKES WIGGINS was born on September 28, 1917, near Charleston,Mississippi.
WOODROW "CHAMP"JACKSON was born February 10, 1921 in Tchula, Mississippi. He is recognized for preparing the body of Emmett Till for return to his mother in Chicago in 1955.
JOHNNY B. THOMAS, born on November 30, 1953, is a native of Glendora and is currently the town's mayor.
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- Here on September 23, 1955, two white men, Roy Bryant and JW Milam, were acquitted of murdering 14-year-old Emmett Till.
- Here, in 1955, a black reporter, James Hicks, discovered information pertinent to the trial for the murder of 14year-old Emmett Till.
- Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market, owned by 21-year-old Carolyn and 24-year-old Roy Bryant, was housed here and primarily served sharecroppers in the area.
- On August 31, 1955, Woodrow Jackson prepared Emmett Till's body here at the Tutwiler Funeral Home, to return to Emmett's mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, in Chicago.