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....
This dramatic courtroom scene shows 64-year-old "Uncle Mose" Wright, Grand-Uncle of murdered Emmett Till, 14-year-old Negro boy, as he stood up in...
Interior view of the segregated seating in the packed Tallahatchie County Courthouse during the trial of J W Milam and Roy Bryant who were accused of...
Half-brothers Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam sit with an attorney as they go on trial Sept. 19th for the murder of 14-year-old negro Emmett Till of...
Witnesses in Murder Trial. Sumner, Mississippi: Three "surprise" witnesses were subpoenaed here in the trial of Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, who are...
All White Male Jury for "Whistle" Murder Trial. Sumner, Mississippi: Here is the all white, all male jury selected for the trial of Roy Bryant and...
Mrs. Mamie Bradley of Chicago, is handed a subpoena by Sheriff H. C. Strider to testify in the trial of two white men charged with murdering her...
Taking Acquittal in Stride. Sumner, Mississippi: Co-defendant J.W. Milam calmly smokes a cigar as his wife mugs for the camera, after he and his...
Simeon and Maurice Wright cousins of the murdered Black boy, Emmett Till, sit in their home after being questioned. The boys and their father Moses...
New Witnesses Questioned by D.A. In "Wolf-Whistle" Trial. Sumner, Mississippi: District Attorney Gerald Chatham, right, talks to two new witnesses...
Sinking to knees, Mamie Till-Bradley weeps as the body of her murdered 14-year-old son, Emmett Louis Till, arrives at Chicago Rail Station, Chicago,...
Portrait of Emmet Louis Till. Till was a 14 year old African American boy from Chicago who was murdered by white men in Leflore County in Mississippi...
All White Male Jury for "Whistle" Murder Trial. Sumner, Mississippi: Here is the all white, all male jury selected for the trial of Roy Bryant and...
Cross Burned During Trial. Sumner, Mississippi: Marshal L.E. McNeer stands behind a crude wooden cross he found burning in Sumner, Miss., site of the...
Chicago: Mrs. Mamie Bradley, mother of Emmett Till who was found slain in Mississippi where he was on vacation, is near hysteria as she attends...
American lawyer Sidney Carlton and American journalist Jim Kilgallen of the International News Service, outside Sumner courthouse during the trial of...
Friends restrain grief-stricken Mrs. Mamie Bradley as her son's body is lowered into the grave after a four day, open casket funeral. The 15-year old...
Chicago: Mourners and curiosity seekers flock around entrance to Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ here during funeral services for Emmett Till...
"Wolf Whistle" Murder Defendants and Children in Court. Sumner, Mississippi: John W. Milam and Roy Bryant, on trial for the "wolf whistle" murder of...
Milam and his half brother, Roy Bryant were acquitted today in the Emmett Louis Till murder trial. The two still face a kidnapping charge in nearby...
Collapses at Funeral. Chicago: Luke Ward , junior pastor and theology student in Church of God in Christ, is comforted by Bishop H.M. Hooper of Risen...
Carolyn Bryant and Juanita Milam , the wives of Roy Bryant and John William Milam, who stand accused of the kidnap and murder of Emmett Till, sitting...
Mother of "Whistle" Murder Victim Meets the Press. Sumner, Mississippi: Mrs. Mamie Bradley, mother of Emmett Louis Till, the 14 year old Negro boy...
Mrs. Mamie E. Bradley, mother of a 14 year old negro boy killed in Mississippi, appears at the trial of two white men charged at Sumner, Mississippi...
Mrs. Roy Bryant, wife of the defendant who was on trial for the murder of a 14 year old Negro boy for whistling at his wife, and her sons are shown...
Roy Bryant, one of two men charged with the kidnapping and lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till of Chicago, sits in court on the opening day of the...
Mrs. Bryant Gives "Wolf Whistle" Account. Sumner, Mississippi: Carolyn Bryant and her husband, Roy, consult with defense attorney Sidney Carlton at...
Prepare for Trial in Murder of Negro Boy. Sumner, Mississippi: J.W. Milam and his half-brother, Roy Bryant, are shown conferring with Sidney Carlton,...
Half-brothers J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant confer with attorney Sidney Carlton on murder and kidnapping charges facing them in the death of 14-year-old...
To Trial in "Wolf Whistle" Murder. Sumner, Mississippi: J.W. Milam and his half brother, Roy Bryant are shown with sheriff H.S. Strider of...
Moses Wright holds some clothing of his murdered nephew, Emmett Till of Chicago kidnapped Sunday and whose body was found Wednesday in a river near...
Milam of Glendora, Miss., and his half brother, Roy Bryant of Money, Miss., shown here conferring with an attorney, Sidney Carlton in the courthouse...
Witness. Sumner, Mississippi: Part time preacher Mose Wright whittles outside the courtroom where he was later called as a witness in the trial of...
Mother and Uncle of Slain Negro Youth Sumner, Mississippi: "Uncle Mose" Wright, granduncle of slain Emmett L. Till, 14 year old Chicago Negro boy, is...
Former FBI agent Robert B. Smith does research at Sumner, Miss., for the trial of half-brothers J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant. Smith aided in prosecuting...
John W. Milam, who, with his half-brother Roy Bryant, is on trial for the kidnapping and lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till of Chicago, appears in...
The jury in the Emmett Till trial outside Sumner courthouse during the trial of those accused of Till's murder, in Sumner, Mississippi, 23rd...
Raised Money for Till Murder Defendants. Sumner, Mississippi: Grocer A.B. Ainsworth, who started a fund to defend two white men accused of murdering...
Mother in Court with Defendants in "Wolf-Whistle" Trial. Sumner, Mississippi: Defendants in the Emmett Till murder case, John W. Milam, left, and Roy...
United States Representative Charles Diggs, Jr. Consults with attorney James Del Rio at Sumner Sept. 21. The men, both negros, are "observers" at the...
Ink and wash illustration shows defense attorney Caleb Sidney Carlton and defense witness Carolyn Bryant during the trial of her husband, Roy Bryant,...
Ink and wash illustration of the jurors during the trial of JW Milam and Roy Bryant in the Tallahatchie County Courthouse, Sumner, Mississippi, week...
American judge Curtis Swango seated at a table on which are books titled '2nd District Circuit Court Tallahatchie County, Charlie Cox' and volumes 2...
American attorney JW Kellum , prosecutor in the Emmett Till Murder Trial, holds up the ring belonging to Till, at Sumner courthouse in Sumner,...
Pencil sketch shows defense witness Tallahatchie County Sheriff Henry Clarence 'HC' Strider as he answers questions from prosecuting attorney Robert...
Pencil sketch shows defense witness Harry D. Malone , a funeral home embalmer, during his testimony at the trial of JW Milam and Roy Bryant in the...
Pencil sketch shows defense attorney Caleb Sidney Carlton and defense witness Carolyn Bryant during the trial of her husband, Roy Bryant, and JW...
Pencil sketch shows defense witness Carolyn Bryant during the trial of her husband, Roy Bryant, and JW Milam in the Tallahatchie County Courthouse,...
Pencil sketches show defense witness Carolyn Bryant and the head of defense attorney John W. Whitten during the trial of her husband, Roy Bryant, and...
American politician Charles Diggs , member of the US House of Representatives from Michigan's 13th district, talking to unspecified reporters after...
American farmer and preacher Mose Wright and his son, Maurice Wright , on the Grover Frederick Plantation in Money, Mississippi, 18th September 1955....
American civil rights activist Mamie Till , the mother of Emmett Till, addresses the press outside Sumner courthouse after the acquittal of those...
American state witness Willie Reed , who saw Emmett Till after he was taken from his home, sits with an unspecified man during the trial of those...
American civil rights activist Mamie Till , the mother of Emmett Till, outside Sumner courthouse during the trial of those accused of her son's...
Pencil sketch shows the prosecting attorneys, from left, Tallahatchie County prosecuting attorney James Hamilton Caldwell Jr , District Attorney...
