Mississippi county OKs memorial to Emmett Till
Associated Press
Published December 31, 2005
GREENWOOD, Miss. -- Leflore County officials have agreed to place a historical memorial to Emmett Till on a courthouse lawn in this northern Mississippi town.
Till, a black 14-year-old from Chicago, was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he was tortured and killed after allegedly whistling at a white woman in 1955.
An all-white jury acquitted Roy Bryant and his half brother, J.W. Milam, in the killing. They later admitted in a magazine story they were the two white men who kidnapped and lynched Till, allegedly for whistling at Bryant's wife. Bryant and Milam have since died.
The U.S. Justice Department reopened the case last year, prompted in part by a documentary that found errors in the original investigation and concluded that several people, some still living, were involved in Till's abduction and killing.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0512310199dec31,1,675759.story?coll=chi-news-hed "J.W. Milam (left), Roy
Bryant and their wives
exult in the verdict."
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