Roy Bryant And J. W. Milam: Guilty Or Murder?

It took an all- white jury less than one hour to find Roy Bryant and J.W.Milam not guilty of murdering Emmett Till. Even though there were multiple witnesses that testified saying that they heard/ saw Roy Bryant and J.W.Milam kidnap Emmett Till and heard screaming coming from the a shed. But with all of the evidence, the jury still found Roy Bryant and J.W.Milam not guilty. With all of the publicity of the trial it brought out many flaws in the justice system that needed to be changed. Emmett Till was a fourteen year old boy.(1) He was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.(5) He had parents that were married for two years (1940-1942).(6) His parents were Mamie Till Bradley and Louis Till.(4/6) Emmett’s father was not in Emmett’s

Mamie Till Bradley wanted the world to see what Roy Bryant and J.W.Milam did to her son.(4) So Mamie had an open casket funeral and hired Jet Magazine to take pictures of Emmett’s body after what Roy and J.W did.(4) At the funeral more than 50,000 people passed by the open casket.(4) Whoever had a subscription to Jet Magazine saw the pictures of Emmett Till and generations after saw the pictures as well.(4) It was also, the first media event of the Civil Rights Movement.(5) Thanks to Jet Magazine.(4) In the end Emmett Till was buried in Burr Oak Cemetery, Worth Township, Illinois.(6) Emmett Till’s murder trial happened in September 1955.(6) The trial took place in Country Court House, Summer, Mississippi.(6) The trial was done by an all- white jury.(4) The trial lasted less than one hour and they did not stop for a soda break.(4) The trial attacked black congressman Charles Diggs from Michigan.(2) The David Halberstam, a white man, called the trial, “the first great media event of the Civil Rights

Willie tried to get a closer look, then that is when he was confronted by J.W.Milam who had a colt 45 pistol at his side they had a little conversation and then Willie