Tallahatchie County Courthouse (Second District)

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The Tallahatchie County Courthouse (Second District) is a historic courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi, best known as the site of the 1955 Emmett Till murder trial.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county courthouse ⓘ
courthouse ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
architecturalFunction seat of the Second Judicial District court ⓘ
associatedWith Emmett Till ⓘ
J. W. Milam ⓘ
Roy Bryant ⓘ
civil rights history ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ⓘ
Courthouses in Mississippi ⓘ
Historic sites of the civil rights movement in Mississippi ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
hasDistrict Second Judicial District of Tallahatchie County ⓘ
hasHistoricSignificance American civil rights movement ⓘ
racial justice in the United States ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi ⓘ
Sumner, Mississippi ⓘ
Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ⓘ
United States ⓘ
notableFor 1955 Emmett Till murder trial ⓘ
serves Second Judicial District of Tallahatchie County ⓘ
trialHeld Emmett Till murder trial ⓘ
trialYear 1955 ⓘ
usedFor county government functions ⓘ
judicial proceedings ⓘ

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Sumner, Mississippi → hasCourthouse → Tallahatchie County Courthouse (Second District) ⓘ
Sumner, Mississippi → hasHistoricBuilding → Tallahatchie County Courthouse (Sumner) ⓘ
linked to: Tallahatchie County Courthouse (Second District)
Sumner, Mississippi → hasCountySeatFunction → Tallahatchie County (second judicial district) ⓘ
linked to: Tallahatchie County Courthouse (Second District)
Sumner, Mississippi → hasJurisdiction → Tallahatchie County second judicial district courthouse ⓘ
linked to: Tallahatchie County Courthouse (Second District)