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A historic plaque for Emmitt Till stands alongside Bryant’s Grocery (not pictured) and Ben Roy’s Service Station, Nov. 15, 2020, in Greenwood, Mississippi. The African-American teenager was accused of flirting with the Bryant’s Grocery shopkeeper’s wife, Carolyn Bryant, who was white. Two nights later, he was abducted and brutally killed, by Bryant’s husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother, J.W. Milam, serving as the catalyst for the American Civil Rights movement. Ben Roy’s Service Station, also owned by Carolyn Bryant and her husband, Roy, received a $152,000 grant from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to restore the service station. Bryant’s Grocery will be restored also, with both buildings forming a historical site and exhibition area. (Photo by Carmen K. Sisson/Cloudybright)
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A historic plaque for Emmitt Till stands alongside Bryant’s Grocery (not pictured) and Ben Roy’s Service Station, Nov. 15, 2020, in Greenwood, Mississippi. The African-American teenager was accused of flirting with the Bryant’s Grocery shopkeeper’s wife, Carolyn Bryant, who was white. Two nights later, he was abducted and brutally killed, by Bryant’s husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother, J.W. Milam, serving as the catalyst for the American Civil Rights movement. Ben Roy’s Service Station, also owned by Carolyn Bryant and her husband, Roy, received a $152,000 grant from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to restore the service station. Bryant’s Grocery will be restored also, with both buildings forming a historical site and exhibition area. (Photo by Carmen K. Sisson/Cloudybright)