23 set 1955 ano - Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam confess to murdering Emmett Till

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After being acquitted (declared to be innocent) by a court made entirely of white men, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam confess to murdering Emmett Till days later. The fact that they were the murderers in the end yet justice was not given in the courtroom caused outrage among many people, further motivating the Civil Rights movement to strive for equality. The excessive violence of Emmett Till's death shone light upon the brutality and the injustice that Jim Crow institutionalized.

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"Friends and family watch as members of the FBI evidence response team exhume the body of Emmett Till..." Crime and Punishment: Essential Primary Sources, edited by K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, Gale, 2006. U.S. History in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/PC2588987067/UHIC?u=oak30216&sid=UHIC&xid=283ea5b4. Accessed 30 May 2019.

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