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The Emmett Till murder trial brought to light the brutality of Jim Crow segregation in the South
His murder & trial started the Civil Rights Movement
Money 1955 The Emmett Till Murder Trial - 2013 was released on: USA: October 2013 USA: 10 October 2013 (Atlanta Urban Mediamakers Film Festival)
His murder & trial were the start of the Civil Rights Movement
The defendants, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, were acquitted by an all-white jury in the trial for the murder of Emmett Till. The decision was met with outrage and highlighted the racial injustices prevalent in the United States at the time.
The Murder of Emmett Till - TV Documentary - was created in 2003.
Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam are responsible for the murder of Emmett Till in the book "Mississippi Trial, 1955." They abducted Till from his great-uncle's house, brutally beat him, and then shot him before dumping his body in the Tallahatchie River.
Bryant testified during the murder trial that he made sexual advances & asked for a date.
The Emmett Till murder trial brought to light the brutality of Jim Crow segregation in the South
1955
Emmett Till was the victim, so he did not receive a trial. The brothers accused of his murder did receive a trial. Although there were witnesses that IDed them entering the home at gunpoint, taking the boy, heard screaming and beating coming from their shed, and saw one them wearing the gun later, the jury came back with an innocent verdict. It took them barely over an hour, and they joked that it would not have taken them so long if they hadn't stopped to drink a pop. It could be fairly stated that Emmett Till did not get justice.
1955