Emmett Till Murder Trial Acquittal in Mississippi, September 23, 1955
An all-white jury in Mississippi finds Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam not guilty in the torture-murder of 14-year-old African American boy Emmett Till.
Date: September 23, 1955
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