Tallahatchie River

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The Tallahatchie River is a river in Mississippi historically infamous as the site where the body of Emmett Till was found, a pivotal event in the American civil rights movement.

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Tallahatchie River canonical 22

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith civil rights memorialization efforts in Mississippi ⓘ
racial violence history in the United States ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
confluenceWith Yalobusha River ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
environmentType alluvial river ⓘ
etymology name derived from Choctaw language ⓘ
etymologyMeaning often interpreted as “rock of waters” or similar meaning ⓘ
flowsInto Yazoo River ⓘ
flowsThrough Lafayette County, Mississippi ⓘ
Leflore County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Leflore County

Panola County, Mississippi ⓘ
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ⓘ
Yalobusha County, Mississippi ⓘ
forms Yazoo River ⓘ
hasBridge Tallahatchie River bridge at Money, Mississippi ⓘ
hasCountyInName Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ⓘ
hasFloodplain Mississippi Delta floodplain ⓘ
hasTributary Little Tallahatchie River ⓘ
hasVariantName Little Tallahatchie River (for upper reaches) ⓘ
historicalSignificance associated with the American civil rights movement ⓘ
site connected to Emmett Till murder case ⓘ
isTributaryOf Yazoo River ⓘ
length approximately 230 miles ⓘ
approximately 370 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi ⓘ
northern Mississippi ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
mentionedIn historical accounts of Emmett Till case ⓘ
mouthOf Yazoo River ⓘ
near Greenwood, Mississippi ⓘ
Money, Mississippi ⓘ
notableEventSite discovery of Emmett Till’s body in 1955 ⓘ
partOf Delta region of Mississippi ⓘ
Mississippi River watershed ⓘ
region American South ⓘ
sourceLocation Tippah County, Mississippi ⓘ
northeastern Mississippi ⓘ
ultimatelyFlowsInto Mississippi River ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
navigation in some stretches ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

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

Murder of Emmett Till → bodyDisposedIn → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Greenwood, Mississippi → locatedOnRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
New Albany, Mississippi → locatedOnRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
New Albany, Mississippi → hasRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Leflore County → hasRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Money, Mississippi → locatedOn → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Leflore County, Mississippi → locatedOnRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi → namedFor → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Sumner, Mississippi → locatedOnRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Yazoo River basin → containsRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Yazoo River → formedByConfluenceOf → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Yocona River → tributaryOf → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Yocona River → hasMouth → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
North Mississippi Delta → drainedBy → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Tallachatchie RiverFest → relatedTo → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Money, Mississippi → locatedOn → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Webb, Mississippi → locatedOnRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Emmett Till → bodyDiscoveredIn → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Charleston, Mississippi → locatedNear → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi → namedAfter → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi → hasRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ
Sumner, Mississippi → locatedOnRiver → Tallahatchie River ⓘ