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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Leflore County, Mississippi, United States canonical 2

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

Murder of Emmett Till → tookPlaceIn → Leflore County, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
Berclair, Mississippi, United States → locatedIn → Leflore County, Mississippi, United States ⓘ