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City in Mississippi, United States
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Greenwood is a city in Mississippi, located at the junction of the rivers Tallahatchie and Yalobusha, from whereon after it's called the Yalobusha. It's known for its extensive cotton production and remembered as one of the centres of conflict during the Civil Rights era.
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Place of rest for the famed but quickly departed blues singer.
Exhibit pertaining to the court case revolving around the infamous murder of 14-year old African American Emmett Till over allegedly offending a white woman in 1955.
Sign remembering the site where the events surrounding Emmett Till's death occurred. These signs tend to go missing or defaced quite often.
The suspected location where Emmett Till's body was found after the lynching.
S Routes 82 and 49 pass through Greenwood. The Mississippi Highway 7 connects the city to other towns in the region, including Grenada and Itta Bena.
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