Talk:Money, Mississippi

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It is well known that neither the abduction nor murder of Emmett Till actually took place in Money, with both occurring elsewhere in the Delta. Hushpuckena (talk) 08:19, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Does it rhyme with honey or pony? Draggleduck (talk) 11:09, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Honey. Hushpuckena (talk) 02:47, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Like the normal money pronunciation then I gather. — Moops ^⋠T⋡ 01:01, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What is the name of Mississippi money 173.225.243.237 (talk) 01:00, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What is your question? — Moops ^⋠T⋡ 01:01, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Drmies: I reverted your edit, but you are insistent on it remaining. Your edit consists, first, of incorrect or outdated information expressed by a non-notable author named Dorit Wagner, who lamented that "there is not a single sign explaining...what happened in this collapsing and run-down building." (please see attached photos).

The second part of your edit was Dorit Wagner lamenting that this road-through-a-farm field "has a great potential to become a tourist attraction" but is now just another "unappreciated civil rights site". How is it underappreciated? There's a historic plaque there, and many people stop to see the old store. Some are in tears, and find it comforting that the building is crumbling. And so what if Glendora has made a greater effort at remembering the event. We're not a tourist guide.

I would suggest finding multiple reliable sources who share Dorit Wagner's unique opinion, per

• Magnolia677, how does it get more reliable than a peer-reviewed publication in a journal that's existed for 70 years? I really don't understand this insistence of yours that this would be "opinion", and this pejorative "lamenting" of yours--good God, can you play it neutrally? Feel free to add a date to the article, and feel free to add text confirming that there is a marker now, and--as I said earlier--feel free to tweak my text. Or add sources like this, or this, or this, and draw a more complete picture. But do NOT feel free to remove a peer-reviewed secondary source just because you somehow think it's nothing but opinion. Drmies (talk) 22:06, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Drmies: I culled the following from the sources you provided.

From this source:

• Senator David Lee Jordan wants Joe Biden to preserve the privately owned store by including it as part of the new monument, which is located elsewhere.
• The owners of the store have refused to sell for anything less than $4 million, stymying efforts to preserve it.

From this source:

• A monument was erected at the store
• The children of Ray Tribble, an unrepentant juror from the 1955 trial, purchased Bryant’s Grocery in the mid-1980s. They have rejected numerous offers to buy the property and have allowed it to fall into ruin.
• The store draws an ever-increasing number of tourists who want to see it; "It seems the greater the ruin, the more potent the memory site."

From this source:

• The store is crumbling. Preservationists, politicians, business leaders, and the State, have tried to save it, but no consensus has been reached.
• Ray Tribble, who sat on the jury, purchased the building in the 1980s, and it remains part of his estate.
• The family has refused to restore or sell the property, which may be valued at $4 million.

Please keep in mind that this article is about a small town in the Delta, and Emmett Till has its own article, which includes a section about "historical markers".

Could I suggest a brief edit which does not lopside the article, does not include some authors hopes and wishes, and is encyclopedic and "just the facts", such as:

There is a historic marker in front of Bryant's Grocery, and the site draws "an ever-increasing number of tourists". The crumbling building is privately owned, which has hindered efforts to preserve it.

--Magnolia677 (talk) 23:41, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Looks great. I read that the family was asking $4 million. Magnolia, you may know Mississippi, but so do I, and I happen to be in a Civil Rights tourism phase in my academic career; I am not a complete idiot. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 23:52, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]