September 19, 1955
1955
Two months
Emmett Till died on Sunday, August 28, 1955.
After the trial of Emmett Till, Carolyn Bryant lived a quiet life out of the public eye. She continued to live in the same town where the trial took place. In 2017, it was revealed that she had admitted to fabricating parts of her testimony during the trial.
The Emmett Till murder trial brought to light the brutality of Jim Crow segregation in the South
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.
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.
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)
Emmett Till was from Chicago.
August 28, 1955
His murder & trial were the start of the Civil Rights Movement