Money, Mississippi, United States

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Money, Mississippi, United States, is a small rural community in the Mississippi Delta best known as the site of the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, a pivotal event in the American civil rights movement.

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Money, Mississippi, United States canonical 3

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
areaCode 662 ⓘ
associatedWith Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market ⓘ
Emmett Till ⓘ
linked to: Louis Till
category Mississippi placenames associated with African American history ⓘ
Unincorporated communities in Leflore County, Mississippi ⓘ
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi ⓘ
characteristic predominantly agricultural surroundings ⓘ
small rural community ⓘ
civilRightsEra site of early catalyst event of modern civil rights movement ⓘ
civilRightsSignificance sparked national outrage after Emmett Till case ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countySeatNearby Greenwood, Mississippi ⓘ
demographicPattern majority African American surrounding area ⓘ
distanceTo Clarksdale, Mississippi approximately 49 miles southeast ⓘ
distanceTo Greenwood, Mississippi approximately 10 miles north ⓘ
economy cotton farming historically important ⓘ
elevation approximately 135 feet above sea level ⓘ
GNIS feature ID 673541 ⓘ
governingBody Leflore County authorities ⓘ
hasLandmark site of Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market ⓘ
historicalEvent kidnapping of Emmett Till on August 28, 1955 ⓘ
murder of Emmett Till in 1955 ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Mississippi law ⓘ
United States federal law ⓘ
knownFor lynching of Emmett Till in 1955 ⓘ
role in the American civil rights movement ⓘ
locatedAlong Mississippi Highway 7 ⓘ
locatedIn Leflore County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Leflore County

Mississippi Delta ⓘ
locatedOn Tallahatchie River ⓘ
mediaCoverage featured in documentaries about Emmett Till ⓘ
memorialization historical markers related to Emmett Till case nearby ⓘ
namedFor Hernando DeSoto Money ⓘ
linked to: Hernando de Soto
partOf Greenwood micropolitan area ⓘ
populationTrend declining population since mid-20th century ⓘ
postalCode 38945 ⓘ
railroadHistory once a stop on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad ⓘ
region Mississippi Delta region ⓘ
state Mississippi ⓘ
timeZone Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
timeZoneDST Central Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
transportation served by railroad historically ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Murder of Emmett Till → location → Money, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
Carolyn Bryant → residence → Money, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
Emmett Till → placeOfDeath → Money, Mississippi, United States ⓘ