JUST IN: The family of Emmett Till is expected to address the final report from the FBI and Justice Department's investigation into Till's 1955 murder at a press conference today.
Bettmann Archive/Getty Imagesthe final report from the FBI and Justice Department's investigation into Till's 1955 murder at a press conference on Monday.
Carolyn Bryant's husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother J.W. Milam were charged with Till's murder and acquitted by an all-white jury. The two men later confessed to the killing in a paid magazine interview months later.Rev. Wheeler Parker, Till's cousin -- who was 16 at the time -- was in the house when Roy Bryant and Milam came looking for Till.
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