BRYANT'S GROCERY

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BRYANT'S GROCERY
Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till came to this site
to buy candy In August 1955. White shopkeeper
Carolyn Bryant accused the black youth of
flirting with her, and shortly thereafter, Till
was abducted by Bryant's husband and his half
brother. Till's tortured body was later found in
the Tallahatchte River. The two men were tried
and acquitted but later sold their murder
confession to Look magazine. Till's death received
international attention and is widely credited
with sparking the American Civil Rights Movement.