Bryant died in 1994, while Milam died in 1981. University of Virginia Library, ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW SUBJECTS So when he said "Did you hear anything?" The couple moved to Indianola, in Sunflower County, with their kids. And so it was a lot of excitement leaving the South, leaving the cotton fields. April Grayson Author and historian Timothy Tyson interviewed Bryant as part of his research for the book The Blood of Emmett Till back in 2008, and some of. You ain't goin' to be with the white folks and the white folks ain't goin' to be with you and y'all might be (Unintell. . He laughed. My eyes were so full of tears until I couldn't see. He said, "I won't need this where I'm going." Erich Hartmann/ Magnum Photos Narrator:After the trial, sheriff Clarence Strider told reporters, "I hope the Chicago niggers and the NAACP are satisfied.". But, he said, "I had decided to tell it like it was.". Narrator:Tallahatchie county sheriff and plantation owner Clarence Strider was responsible for locating witnesses and gathering evidence against Bryant and Milam. The only way that Moses Wright, Emmett's uncle, could identify the body was through an initial ring belonging to Emmett's father, Louis Till. Carolyn Bryant, who set off the lynching of Emmett Till by accusing the Black teen of improper advances in 1955, rests her head on her husband Roy Bryant's shoulder on Sept. 22, 1955, after she . Milam, of the 1955 kidnapping and murder of Till. He informed Tallahatchie County sheriff Clarence Strider. Huie also discusses James Earl Ray, Edward Aaron, and white Southern . Meanwhile, African American spectators were relegated to the back and looked on in fear. He asked. Ernest Withers, Photographer:The man had laid it out that "We got 22 seats over here for you white boys. LOOK Magazine, January 24, 1956. Chicago Sun-Times He succumbed to cancer of the spine on New Year's Eve, 1980 at age 61. Milam still alive? I noticed that the right eye was lying on midway his cheek, I noticed that his nose had been broken like somebody took a meat chopper and chopped his nose in several places. On January 24, 1956, they confessed their crime in a paid interview with Look magazine. Narrator:Emmett's family lived on the outskirts of Money, a whistle-stop town in the heart of Delta cotton country. Roy Bryant held American nationality and was Caucasian. I said, "No, Mr. Rayner, let the people see what I've seen." Prince Harry: The 60 Minutes Interview . CBS News Archive I mean it's -- I mean someone come and stand over you with a pistol in one hand and a flashlight and you're 16 years old it's a terrifying experience, very terrifying. Mamie Till:The verdict came in "not guilty". Shortly after the men were acquitted, they sold their story for $4,000 to reporter William Bradford Huie. "How old are you, preacher?" Willie Reed, Mississippi resident Get the latest on new films and digital content, learn about events in your area, and get your weekly fix of American history. Roy Bryant and J.W. Many whites in the surrounding counties showed up to watch the show. White Woman: I'm almost convinced that the very beginning of this was by a communistic front. And he looked at me and he said, "Aw, Mama." One of Roy Bryants defence lawyers told National Public Radios Soundprint program in 1994 that he regretted defending the case. Oudie Brown, Mississippi resident They had two sons and lived in two small rooms in the back of the store. On a hot September in 1955, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant, two white men from Mississippi who were. You could hear guns firing. Police can now seek her arrest. Chatem: The federal indictment is that they did willfully, unlawfully, feloniously and of their malice of forethought kill and murder Emmett Till, a human being. And we didn't. He and his half-brother J. W. Milam kidnapped, tortured, and murdered Emmet Till. Milam, and one other white man with Emmett Till early that Sunday morning, and had heard the sounds of a beating coming from Milam's shed. Just one, one street. As if this was either the last straw or maybe it was the spark. He spoke of it again, he went over it again. . From their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop, jeans are the fabric on which the history of American ideology and politics is writ large. Narrator:With Sheriff Strider and courtroom sentiment clearly on the side of the defendants, reporters began their own desperate search for witnesses. He was 14, but he just turned 14. His half-brother J. W. followed him soon after. Congressman Diggs said, "What, and miss the verdict?" ET In 1955, after being accused of flirting with a white woman (Carolyn Bryant), 14-year-old Emmett Till was beaten to death by Carolyn's husband Roy and his half-brother J.W. Narrator:Roy Bryant and J.W. He was charged $750 for this crime and served three years probation. Whites looking at you. In 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy, was kidnapped, tortured and killed in Mississippi after he allegedly whistled at a white woman. And I think it was probably more than anything else, in terms of the mass civil rights movement, the spark that, that launched it. Roy Bryant (far . Three months after his body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River, the Montgomery bus boycott began. Carolyn also stated that she couldnt utter the unprintable word he had used. Stock Footage, Man on the Street Interviews with two black men about trial:Interviewer: Young man do you think these two men should be indicted? The prosecutors had collected enough evidence with the assistance of NAACP Mississippi field secretary Medgar Evers and other black activists. There's a spot about a mile and a half from the bridge where the banks are steep. Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries This was on a Wednesday. And when push came to shove the -- the white community rallied in support of them against a, a, a young black person for whom they had even greater disdain. Bryant." Milam's trial for murder opened in Sumner, Mississippi, which touted itself as "a good place to raise a boy." He gained popularity because of the brutal murder of Emmett Till. Milam I come at ya'. The Men in Black actor thrust himself . Despite being well-known because of their parent's case, their whereabouts are not public. Florence Mars died, Juanita was. The boy laughed. We knew what we was going to do. Chicago Burr Oak Cemetery Carolyn testified under oath, but outside the presence of the jury, that Emmett said "ugly remarks" to her before whistling. William Winter, former governor of Mississippi In front of Wright's family, Milam and Bryant kidnapped his 14-year . Stock Footage, Mamie Comments on Trial Verdict:And what I saw was a shame before God and man. . Narrator:Strider consigned black reporters and Detroit Congressman Charles Diggs to a card table on the sidelines. He was born on January 24, 1931, and died in September 1994 of cancer. Most were men who had been accused of associating with white women. But after the acquittal, in the magazine article, Bryant and Milam described the killing. She died on January 6, 2003 at the age of 81. One or two at a time, the boys drifted into the store and back out again with a cold drink or a piece of candy. What was Roy Bryants ethnicity? Milam killed Emmet Till, a murder they had been acquitted of months before in a trial. And with that, he was up the steps and on his way to get on the train. Despite thousands of letters protesting Mississippi's handling of the murder, President Dwight Eisenhower and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover ruled out a federal investigation. The 235-pound Milam was a hard drinking man with a reputation for being tough on anyone who got in his way. All she received of his possessions was a signet ring inscribed with his initials, L.T. And I told him I did. A group of Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, working with talented filmmaker Keith Beauchamp uncovered a warrant for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham, the wife of Ryan Bryant. But tragedy soon followed. You couldn't see. I mean it was almost like a 4th of July celebration, or it was almost as if the White Sox had won the pennant in the city of Chicago. He was born two years after his older brother Roy and is believed to be the last son Carolyn ever bore. Till offended Donham in some way, though accounts of the events differ. Betty Pearson, Mississippi resident Milam and his brother Roy Bryant, both white, were charged with the crime. Friday. By Bernice Johnson-Reagon, Songtalk Publishing Co. Some reporters talked about Roy and Carolyn's "handsome looks" and J. W.'s tall stature and big cigars. That's the way I said it. And the way the jury chose to believe the ridiculous stories of the defense attorneys. Also a trained anthropologist, Hurston collected folklore throughout the South and Caribbean reclaiming, honoring and celebrating Black life on its own terms. J.W. Roy Bryant was one of the people indicted for murder in 1955. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. And when you go to Mississippi, you're living by an entirely different set of rules. Richard Heard, Emmett Till's classmate Fred Grabbe's story: Background, what happened, and where is he today? Recorded at Bias Studios, Fairfax, Virginia Le Monde Roy and his wife migrated to Indianola, Mississippi, where Bryant got a job as a mechanic. Prince Harry: The 60 Minutes Interview Transcript. I would have hated to have gone up against any of those guys. Sign up for the American Experience newsletter! Don Richards Mamie Till was in Chicago, surrounded by worried family and friends, when she was told that her only child was dead. Milam, and perhaps several other people, barged into the Leflore County home of a black sharecropper named Moses Wright. Stock Footage, Mamie Till Arrives at Trial News Conference:Interviewer: What do you intend to do here today? His badly disfigured body was found in the Tallahatchie River three days later. Mamie Till Mobley, Mother:I saw a hole, which I presumed, was a bullet hole and I could look through that hole and see daylight on the other side. Milam and Roy Bryant were arrested on a kidnapping charge in 1955, but a grand jury failed to indict them. In 1955, Carolyn Bryant Donham (then just Carolyn Bryant), a 21-year-old white woman, accused Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy, of making an unwelcome advance at her. We ain't going to mix 'em. He could not have that, you know physical show of affection, of sharing grief, or whatever. "Emmett Till's shoe.". Don't even look at her. Roy Bryant and his co-accused ended up living miserable lives and died of cancer. Donham has stayed out of the public eye in the nearly 15 years since her interview with Tyson. Richard Gardner She graduated from high school at the top of her class, and became one of the first black women in town to hold a civil service job. He was that kinda kid. Library of Congress I passed, they still beatin', they still beatin'. Isn't it true that your son is in Detroit, Michigan with his grandfather right now?". Milam (far left) were charged with murder but were ultimately acquitted by an all-white jury. Stock Footage, Interview with Milam & Bryant after the Verdict:Interviewer: How do you folks feel now that it's all over? Yeah. Milam. I say "Who?" Enduring Legacy: The Emmett Till murder shaped the . Roy and Carolyn Bryant and J. W. Milam will always be linked to the 1955 murder of Emmett Till. Ben Hampton With the words "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," the Supreme Court reversed legalized segregation. I said, "I didn't hear anything," I said, "anything. . Howard and author Devery Anderson each concluded that Roy Bryant learned of what happened at the store from someone other than his wife. In his summation, the lead defense attorney warned members of the jury that their ancestors would turn over in their graves if Bryant and Milam were found guilty. The early 1950s and 1960s is considered the Civil Rights Era. Interviewer: How do you think you could possibly be a help to them? The house was a dark as a thousand midnights. Shack Up Inn Warren Hampton:Black people wasn't speaking out about the Emmett Till Case at that particular time because they knew that it could happen to them. The high sheriff come in there, didn't even knock on no door or nothin'. Clenora Hudson-Weems The prosecution's best witness was Moses Wright, who had clearly seen the men who took Emmett Till from his home. Milam? Interviewer: What do you mean you don't know? Yeah. But they were still white folks. Robin Kelley Stephen J. Whitfield I'm gonna carry you dead or alive. Milam was at a store in nearby Minter City when the Leflore County sheriff caught up with him. During the three-day trial, prosecutors presented courageous testimony from Moses Wright, Till's great-uncle who witnessed his abduction, and Willie Reed, an African American sharecropper who . Be the first to get hottest news from our Editor-in-Chief, Check your email and confirm your subscription. I was just willing to bear it all. 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Performed by Sweet Honey In The Rock Clarence Strider Jr.:People are used to doin' thang normal around here. Milam were charged with Till's murder. Their trial, where he was cleared, gained international attention and sparked a Civil Rights movement that brought about massive changes. Mamie Till:He thought I was exaggerating, which I was. That was a way of life. His father's name was Henry Ezra Bryant. Clara Davis, Mississippi resident It was just it just -- oh, it -- it was a mess. Narrator:Putting his life at risk, Willie Reed agreed to step forward. Milam beat Till almost to death, gouged out one of his eyes, shot him in the head and then dumped his body, weighted by an enormous cotton-gin fan tied with barbed wire, into the . Magnolia Cooksey-Mathious, Classmate:I knew Emmett Till. The photos of Emmett Till's mutilated body stunned the nation. They agreed not to tell their husbands, who were out of town on a trucking job. They just disappeared. Milam and had been seen washing blood from Milam's truck, disappeared. Filmed interview with William Bradford Huie conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. The case may be closed, but the issue of racist-inspired violence against black males persists. Milam's truck out. He was the sacrificial lamb of the movement. Ryan was also interviewed for the same program but refused to discuss the case. I can remember when my father died, Sammy, the black man who worked for him was there and I threw my arms around his neck. You didn't disagree with 'em on a whole. Corbis Motion So, what is the singer's story, and where does he live today? Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. An all-white, all-male jury acquitted Bryant and Milam of kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till. I said, "What about your ring?" Nancy Farrell The Associated Press fielded queries from Paris, Copenhagen, Tokyo. AP. However, they faced major backlash from their community after confessing to the murder in an interview. The three defendants in the case, Roy Bryant, Carolyn Bryant, and J.W. They were really surprised at what they found. I saw him he had khaki pants on, had a green nylon shirt, and a .45 on his side. Black Man: I don't know whether they should or not. Aborted babies do not have names, but they have stories. In this 23 September 1955, file photo, JW Milam, left, and Roy Bryant, right, sit with their wives in a courtroom in Sumner, Mississippi. Narrator:In the 75 years before Emmett Till set foot in Mississippi, more than 500 black people had been lynched in the state. Narrator:Reports of the acquittal made front page headlines across the United States, and set off an international firestorm. You are already subscribed to our newsletter! The couple ran a small grocery, Bryant's Grocery & Meat Market, that sold provisions to black sharecroppersand their children. He was the one that everybody kind of looked to. People have been wondering what happened to Roy Bryant, the co-accused in Emmett Tills murder. Though exactly what happened next is unconfirmed. ), but ain't gonna be no love nest between black and white folk. Milam and Roy were later arrested for the murder. I kept on up until I got to his chin and then I -- I was forced to deal with his face. Interview was given in 2007 and has only now come to light in a book published today . The family of Emmett Till, a black boy murdered in Mississippi 64 years ago after allegedly whistling at a white woman, have reacted with fury after the woma. A Supreme Court decision had struck down school segregation the year before. The murder and the trial horrified the nation and the world. Clarence Strider Jr., Son of Mississippi Sheriff:My dad called me and asked me did I have a boat in the river. Mikro Press (Laughs) It was somethin'. Description. ", Narrator:J.W. Michael Flug Roy Bryant died in 1994. C. A. Moses, "Original arrangement of 'Old Ship of Zion'" In the summer of 1955, two men, both of them white, abducted a 14-year-old African-American boy named Emmett Till from his great-uncle's house in Money, Miss. "Did you see anything?" Hilary Goldstein Robert E. Luckett, Jr. In August 1955, a 14-year-oldBlack boyallegedly flirted with a white woman in a grocery store in Money, Mississippi. Till's death was a spark that helped mobilize thecivilrights movement. I won't ever forget, it was a Sunday afternoon. I heard that beatin' even, before I got to, even before I got to the barn. Narrator:In Chicago, a desperate Mamie Till notified the local newspapers of Emmett's disappearance. Wheeler Parker:As far as I was concerned, that wasn't him there, yet at the same time, as confusing as it may sound, it was him. Out washing J.W. In the Deep Southwhere the separation between blacks and whites was defined by law,Roy and his half-brother decided Emmettneeded to be taught a lesson. It had sex, it had murder, it had mystery. Just anything, just any excuse to acquit these two men. Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space (espaol). Rose Jourdain:It stunned white America. People became vocal who had never vocalized before. The verdict shocked the entire country. Some even alluded to Roy Bryant's wife as a crossroads Marilyn Monroe because of her amazing beauty. And that is what led to the brutal murder of Emmett Till by Roy Bryant. My uncle Simmie did wake up, but they told him to go back to sleep. During that time, the arrest warrant against Donham was publicized. Mamie Till:In the courtroom they recorded 118 degrees, and, of course, there was no air conditioning. I held up the gun. "Why not give the boy a whipping," Wright begged, "and leave it at that? By Jennifer Tisdale. Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy visiting family in Mississippi from Chicago, was brutally murdered in August 1955. We forgot about it. The two men later confessed to the killing in a paid magazine . Natural born leader. Narrator:Emmett's body had been weighed down with a 75-pound cotton gin fan tied around his neck with barbed wire. The blacks feared for their lives and their family's lives. Every lawyer in the county joined their defense team. Moses Wright's testimony in the trial of his great-nephew'skillers stands as one of the bravest moments in American history. You couldn't seeand when they left, I was still afraid and so I'm waitin' for them to come back. That took an awful lot of courage for him to get up there and do what he did. I hear it. Ernest Withers, photographer Grinberg Film Libraries So I said, "Naw." Mamie Till:And I decided then that I would start at his feet and work my way up, maybe gathering strength as I went. During the 1950s, the couple ran a small grocery, Bryant's Grocery &. L'Humanite Milam, who were found not guilty in a trial for the 1955 murder of black teenager Emmett Till, confess in an article in Look magazine published Jan. 24, 1956. Roy Bryant's Death. Emmett walked in and bought two cents' worth of bubble gum. Moses Wright, description of kidnapping:Near to the car they asked a question, "Is this the right one?" She was the wife of Roy Bryant, one of the alleged killers. Mamie Till:He was running up the steps to try to make it to the train and I said, "Emmett, or Beau" -- I called him Beau, I said, "Where are you going? Milam and Roy Bryant got away with murdering Emmett Till when an all-white jury acquitted them. Lana Turner Wheeler Parker:It was like a nightmare. Unable to find work, Roy took his family to East Texas and attended welding school. Emmett finished seventh grade, and in July, he turned 14. We were goin' pretty fast and dust is flying behind us. When did Roy Bryant die? Mrs. Lou Emma Allen (Enter your ZIP code for information on American Experience events and screening in your area.). Emmett's death was the opening of the Civil Rights movement. Richard Heard:It was grotesque. William Winter, Governor:It was argued in coffee shops all over the Deep South, that "If we give on this, then we'll, we'll start giving on everything else and the first thing you know, we won't have a segregated society, and black people will be taking over in this part of the country.". Moses Newson:People were thoroughly disgusted at what happened in that situation. No longer than two hours, the high sheriff come back. The local theater is segregated. Historic Films A Firelight Media production for American Experience "The . But history holds these three accountable. Before she let them go, Mamie schooled the boys on the ways of the South. Milam, showed up armed at the rural Leflore County home of Till's great-uncle, Mose Wright, looking for the youth. Akilah Kweli, SPECIAL THANKS He had served in World War II and received combat medals. In. As the agent indicated, it will stress the possible involvement of Carolyn Bryant. When they were acquitted, the men later sold their story for $4,000 to reporter William Bradford Huie. Timeline The Murder of Emmett Till Emmett Till's body is taken to Chicago's Roberts. Wheeler Parker On August 28, 1955, a 14-year-old African-American named Emmett Till was kidnapped from his relative's home in Mississippi by two adult white men, who brutally beat him to death. Getty Images Milam? The jury of 12 white men who acquitted Emmett Till's killers in 1955. Damn if that nigger didn't have crepe sole shoes. And as she went to the car, we all jumped in my uncle's car. The boys went into the store one or two at a time to buy soda pop or bubble gum. Milam and Roy Bryant, who confessed to Huie that they murdered Till. James Eastland, Senator:You are not going to permit the NAACP to take over your schools. 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