New owner to open Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site

Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed to be a memorial site

Seventy years ago, 14-year-old Emmett Till of Chicago was brutally beaten, tortured and killed inside a Mississippi barn before his body was thrown into the Tallahatchie River. Seven decades after the world learned of Till’s murder, the barn will be turned into a permanent memorial site that will help tell the story of a Black […]

With Shonda Rhimes Backing, Emmett Till’s Murder Site To Be Turned Into Memorial

'Sacred' Site for Emmett Till to Open, Thanks to a Big Name

The barn in Mississippi where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed will open to the public as a "sacred" memorial site by 2030, the new owner announced. The Emmett Till Interpretive Center disclosed late Sunday that it had purchased the barn located in a rural area outside the city...

Barn Where Emmett Till Was Killed To Be Turned Into Memorial

Source: The Washington Post / Getty The barn where Emmett Till was tortured and brutally murdered will be turned into a memorial after being purchased by The Emmett Till Interpretive Center. According to AP, the Emmett Till Interpretive Center announced on Sunday that it purchased the Mississippi barn with the assistance of writer/producer Shonda Rhimes, who donated $1.5 million to the center. In an open letter announcing the purchase, the cente…

Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed to become memorial

The barn in Mississippi where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed will open to the public as a "sacred" memorial site by 2030, the new owner announced.

Shonda Rhimes Donates $1.5M To Turn Barn Where Emmett Till Was Killed Into Memorial Ahead Of The 75th Anniversary Of His Lynching

Source: Kieth Beauchamp / Till the Movie The Mississippi Delta barn where Emmett Till was tortured and killed in 1955 is now set to be preserved and rebuilt as a “sacred” site dedicated to honoring the 14-year-old’s life and the tragedy that reshaped the civil rights movement. On Nov. 24 — the day after the birthday of Mamie Till, Emmett’s mother — the Emmett Till Interpretive Center announced that it had acquired the barn. The purchase was made…