Money Road north of Greenwood. This is near the site of Bryant’s Grocery, where Emmett Till allegedly wolf-whistled at a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in 1955, resulting in his murder and the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The store itself is derelict and dilapidated, hidden from view behind thick foliage. Money itself is little more than a wide spot in the road without even a population sign. It is the worst place in America.
Visitors often confuse this restored gas station in Money with the actual Bryant’s Grocery site, which is actually adjacent to this building and shrouded from view behind thick foliage. It’s not one of America’s prouder tourist sites.
The historical marker at Bryant’s Grocery tells it all.
This is a restored, privately-owned gas station, not Bryant’s Grocery.
Money Road; that’s my car to the side
The headstone of blues legend Robert Johnson. Visitors left beer bottles, coins and guitar picks at the site.
Sepia-toned church steeple at the Robert Johnson gravesite.
Money Road
Blues Trail marker (sepia)
Church as seen from Money Road
Turnrow Books epitomizes culture and literacy in Greenwood. It is a fine bookstore and art gallery. Not bad food, either.
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