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Mississippi pair charged in murder of 15 year old Emmet Till
Leflore County sheriffs say Roy Bryant and his half brother J. W. Milan will be charged with murdering 14 year old Emmet Till after they admitted abducting him from the Wright home in the Tallahatchie area. Till’s nude body, shot in the head and weighted with metal, was found in the Tallahatchie River. The alleged motive centers on an insult to a white woman at a rural store sparking national outrage and NAACP protests.
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Ivre County
Roy Bryant
J. Wlam
Emmet Til
Pat
Bryant
Milan
National Assn. For
Advancement of
Colored People
Mississippi
New York
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Chicago
Henry Huff
Naacp Legal Redress Committee
Mamie Bradley
Till
Huff
Herbert Brownell
Hugh White
FBI
Memphis
Tenn
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Young Till
Tallahatchie River
Smith
Moses Wright