What happened to J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant?
In the year 1955, an African American boy named Emmett Louis Till, who had been born on July 25, 1941 and had died on August 28, 1955, was kidnapped, tortured, and ultimately put to death in the state of Mississippi. He was believed to have insulted a white woman named Carolyn Bryant while working…
In the year 1955, an African American boy named Emmett Louis Till, who had been born on July 25, 1941 and had died on August 28, 1955, was kidnapped, tortured, and ultimately put to death in the state of Mississippi.
He was believed to have insulted a white woman named Carolyn Bryant while working in the grocery store that her family owned. The brutality of his murder, coupled with the fact that his killers were judged not guilty of their crimes, brought to light the long history of prejudice and violent acts committed against African Americans in the United States. After his passing, he came to be seen as a symbol of the fight for civil rights.
What happened to J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant?
Roy Bryant and JW Milam, the two people who were responsible for the kidnapping, were arrested for the murder, but an all-white jury found them not guilty. They eventually confessed their guilt in a magazine article, but they were never put back on trial for the murder. Both have now passed away.
