September 6, 1955 Emmett Till is buried at Burr Oak Cemetery. In Mississippi, a grand jury indicts Milam and Bryant for the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till. They both plead innocent.
Anger over the jury’s decision has simmered since ... and the unserved warrant proves her culpability,” the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation said on Facebook.
A new national monument for Emmett Till and his mother ... Robert Rausch for The New York Times In 1955, an all-white, all-male jury acquitted Emmett’s killers, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam ...
Emmett Till is buried at Burr Oak Cemetery. In Mississippi, a grand jury indicts Milam and Bryant for the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till. They both plead innocent. They will be held in jail ...