Advocates and some relatives of Emmett Till are pushing for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham after finding an unserved arrest warrant for kidnapping, an attached affidavit, and court minutes from 1955 in the basement of a Leflore County courthouse.
July 01, 2022, 4:37 PMIn this May 24, 2002, file photo, Emmett Till's photo is seen on his grave marker in Alsip, Ill.Advocates and some relatives of Emmett Till are pushing for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham after finding an unserved arrest warrant for kidnapping, an attached affidavit from Moses Wright, and court minutes from 1955 in the basement of a Leflore County courthouse.
After their acquittal in the Emmett Till trial, defendant Roy Bryant , smokes a cigar as his wife happily embraces him and his half brother, J.W. Milam and his wife show jubilation. Bryant and Milam were cleared by an all white, male jury of the charge of having murdered Till. The jury was out just one hour and 7 minutes.
& Meat Market. Till was later abducted from his great-uncle Moses Wright's home by Carolyn Bryant's husband Roy Bryant and his half brother J.W. Milam.
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