Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market, Money, Mississippi

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Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market in Money, Mississippi, is the small country store where Carolyn Bryant’s accusation against Emmett Till in 1955 helped trigger his lynching and galvanize the modern Civil Rights Movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial building ⓘ
grocery store ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
associatedMovement Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
associatedWith Carolyn Bryant ⓘ
Emmett Till ⓘ
J. W. Milam ⓘ
Roy Bryant ⓘ
buildingType wood-frame country store ⓘ
context segregated American South ⓘ
contributedTo Emmett Till lynching case ⓘ
galvanizing the modern Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Leflore County ⓘ
customerBase predominantly African American customers ⓘ
era Jim Crow era ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws
eventDate August 24, 1955 ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation recognized as a key site in Emmett Till Memory Project ⓘ
historicalRole site of alleged incident leading to Emmett Till’s abduction and murder ⓘ
knownForEvent 1955 encounter between Emmett Till and Carolyn Bryant ⓘ
listedIn various civil rights travel guides ⓘ
locatedIn Leflore County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Leflore County

Mississippi ⓘ
Money, Mississippi ⓘ
United States ⓘ
memorializedAs civil rights history site ⓘ
namedAfter the Bryant family ⓘ
near Tallahatchie River region ⓘ
railroad tracks in Money, Mississippi ⓘ
notableFor Carolyn Bryant’s accusation against Emmett Till ⓘ
spark for national outrage over racial violence ⓘ
openedForBusiness early 1950s ⓘ
operatedBy Carolyn Bryant ⓘ
Roy Bryant ⓘ
ownedBy Carolyn Bryant ⓘ
Roy Bryant ⓘ
partOf Emmett Till murder narrative ⓘ
recognizedFor role in American civil rights history ⓘ
serves local Black sharecroppers ⓘ
rural customers ⓘ
state Mississippi ⓘ
status largely dilapidated structure in the 21st century ⓘ
subjectOf civil rights scholarship ⓘ
documentaries about Emmett Till ⓘ
historical markers ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ

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Carolyn Bryant → placeOfEvent → Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market, Money, Mississippi ⓘ