On September 19 the trial of Emmett Till took place. Roy Bryant and his half brother J.W. Milam were accused of torturing and killing 14 year-old Emmett Till. Till was an African American from Chicago, Illinois visiting his great uncle Moses Wright in Money, Mississippi.
On August 24, Till, his cousin Curtis Jones and some other local boys went to Bryant’s Meat Market and Grocery Store to buy candy. The market was owned by a white couple 21 year-old Carolyn and 24 year-old Roy Bryant. Whilst leaving the store Till allegedly wolf-whistled and/or flirted with Carolyn. After that the boys left the market immediately. On August 28 at 2:30 a.m, Carolyn’s husband Roy Bryant and his half brother J.W. Milam kidnapped Till
On August 24, Till, his cousin Curtis Jones and some other local boys went to Bryant’s Meat Market and Grocery Store to buy candy. The market was owned by a white couple 21 year-old Carolyn and 24 year-old Roy Bryant. Whilst leaving the store Till allegedly wolf-whistled and/or flirted with Carolyn. After that the boys left the market immediately. On August 28 at 2:30 a.m, Carolyn’s husband Roy Bryant and his half brother J.W. Milam kidnapped Till