'There's Going To Be Hell to Pay in Mississippi.' Dr. T.R.M. Howard, black leader from Mound Bayou

Mississippi Delta Blues musicians mural painted on the outside of a Clarksdale, Tahoma County building.

It was Wednesday, August 31, 1955 and Dr. T.R.M. Howard, a wealthy black leader in Mississippi – a man of great influence – was leaving Chicago where he had been doing organizing work for the Regional Council of Negro Leadership, a society he founded to promote a program of civil rights, self-help, and business ownership.

At Chicago’s Midway Airport, Dr. Howard spoke to reporters, including the Chicago Defender, about Emmett Till’s disappearance and about other murders also concerning him – murders of two black men that had taken place shortly before Till’s disappearance.
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Just put up Post 13 of Who Killed Emmett Till, a free blog book about civil rights in the Mississippi Delta.

Looks like I'll be done in about three more posts. Next phase, an e-book that adds photos and details. I will appreciate your comments and suggestions.