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71st Anniversary Memorial Service for​

Emmett Louis Till and Mamie Till-Mobley

Saturday, August 29, 2026

The Barn, Drew, MS

Driving directions can be found here.

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Wreath-Laying Ceremony

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Musical Guest
Mississippi Mass Choir
10:30 - 11:00 AM​

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Memorial Service
11:00 AM

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CLICK HERE for the schedule.

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Join us for the annual memorial service acknowledging the lynching of Emmett Louis Till and the courage of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, in showing the world what happened to her son.​​

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Program participants include:

• Mississippi Mass Choir (see video)

• Gloria Dickerson, Founder & CEO
  of We2gether Creating Change

• Abee Hudson

• Rev. Darryl Johnson, Co-Founder
  of the Mound Bayou Museum of
  African American Culture & History

• Rev. Willie Williams, Board Chair
  of the Emmett Till Interpretive Center

Read more about our program participants here.
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Museum Open House

9:00 - 9:40 AM

Mound Bayou Museum

of African American Culture & History

200 Roosevelt Street | Mound Bayou, MS

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Please join us at 9:00 AM at the Mound Bayou Museum for light refreshments and an opportunity to tour the space.

A caravan to the barn will be leaving the Museum at 9:40 AM.

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​Community Fellowship Reception

1:00 - 2:30 PM

Senator Robert L. Cook Armory
111 Sunflower Avenue | Drew, MS 38737

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Please join us in Drew after the service
for community dialogue and reflection.

The Armory faces east toward US 49 W

and is sandwiched between Sunflower

Avenue and E Gertrude Avenue (see map).

Accommodation information
is available here.​​​

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Please RSVP using the
button below or clicking here.