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Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black teen visiting from Chicago, allegedly flirted with a white female shopkeeper in 1955.
Days later, his disfigured body — beaten, shot, and bloated — was pulled from the Tallahatchie River.
The brutal killing sparked the modern civil rights movement.
Preservationists say now is the time to protect these endangered landmarks, and get firsthand accounts of the history.
The Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area is a National Park service program that has already brought millions in federal grants.
It's creating spaces for communities to share their stories in a place where "there was fear, there was shame" about telling those stories.
"We matter; we are important; we have value here," Felicia King says.
Darryl says new investment in civil rights tourism in the region could be a boost locally, but more importantly, help heal a divided people. "If we tell this story," he says. "We can help a whole nation and the whole world in understanding who the United States is.".
VR Score
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