Emmett Till was lynched in the Mississippi Delta, after being abducted from his great-uncle’s home near Money, Mississippi, and taken to a barn near the town of Drew in Sunflower County; his body was then dumped in the Tallahatchie River near Glendora, Mississippi.

Key locations

  • Abduction site: Emmett Till was taken at gunpoint from his great-uncle Mose Wright’s house near Money, Mississippi, in the early morning of 28 August 1955.
  • Torture and killing: He was brutally beaten and killed in a barn in a rural area near Drew, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta.
  • Body found: His mutilated body was discovered in the Tallahatchie River, near the Black Bayou/Tallahatchie crossing by Glendora, Mississippi, weighed down with a cotton gin fan.

Why this matters today

  • The barn near Drew is being preserved as a memorial site so visitors can confront the reality of where Emmett Till was tortured and murdered.
  • Historical markers at the river site near Glendora have repeatedly been vandalized, leading to the installation of a bulletproof marker because of ongoing racist attacks on the memorial.

Simple answer to your phrase

If you’re asking in everyday terms “where did Emmett Till get lynched,” historians and memorial projects typically point to:

  • A barn near Drew, Mississippi (where he was tortured and killed), and
  • The Tallahatchie River near Glendora, Mississippi (where his body was dumped and found).

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