Leflore County, Mississippi, United States

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Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, is a 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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instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
associatedWith American civil rights movement
civil rights activism in Mississippi
racial segregation in the United States
country United States of America
countySeat Greenwood, Mississippi
economyHistoricallyBasedOn cotton agriculture
eventLocation lynching of Emmett Till
hasAreaCharacteristic predominantly rural
hasClimate humid subtropical climate
hasDemographicCharacteristic majority African American population
hasGovernmentType county government
hasJurisdiction Greenwood, Mississippi
Itta Bena, Mississippi
Morgan City, Mississippi
Schlater, Mississippi
Sidon, Mississippi
hasMajorIndustry agriculture
manufacturing
timber
hasTransportationInfrastructure Mississippi Highway 7
Mississippi Highway 8
U.S. Route 49E NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 82 NERFINISHED
historicalEra Jim Crow era in the American South
linked to: Jim Crow laws
historicallyKnownFor lynching of Emmett Till
largestCity Greenwood, Mississippi
locatedIn Mississippi
Mississippi Delta
locatedInContinent North America
locatedInRegion Yazoo-Mississippi Delta
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
locatedOnRiver Tallahatchie River
Yalobusha River NERFINISHED
Yazoo River
namedAfter Greenwood LeFlore
partOf Deep South
Mississippi Delta cotton-growing region
Mississippi Delta region
Mississippi’s 2nd congressional district
United States South
significantEvent 1955 lynching of Emmett Till
state Mississippi
subdivisionType county
usesLegalSystem Mississippi state law
United States law

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Murder of Emmett Till tookPlaceIn Leflore County, Mississippi, United States