On the night of August 1955, Carolyn Bryant was in the store while her husband and JW Milam were out of town for days , when Carolyn was in the store alone, black locals were playing chess outside while Emmett "bobo" Till was with his cousins playing with the locals as well, when one of them dared Till to go in the store and talk to the white woman inside , since it was word being that Emmett Till had a white girlfriend back in Chicago.
When Emmett Till went into the store, he grabbed a piece of 25€ bubble gum, he went to the counter and Carolyn took the change as it's been said by Bryant herself; "He grabbed her hand and said "how about a date baby?"
She jerked her hand back and she claimed he jumped over the counter and grabbed her by her waist, making inappropriate acts to her,
His cousin then came into the store and grabbed him when they walked out Emmett was allegedly telling Carolyn "bye baby"
She ran out of the store to grabbed the gun out of the car but they had already left when they seen she grabbed the gun from the Milams' car.When Roy Bryant came back into town, word was going around that a boy from Chicago was flirting with Carolyn, Roy; then seemed to be upset about the situation asked Carolyn what went on , she then told him, but her story seemed like something different .
Days passed, Roy Bryant and JW Milam went to find the boy from Chicago, they went over to Moses Wright's home and asked for the boy,
On august 28, 1955, at about 2:30 am
Roy Bryant and JW Milam took Emmett Till away. Mose wright then said that he saw someone in the car claiming it was Carolyn Bryant who possibly told her husband that it was the boy who whistled at her and did the talking in money at the Grocery store .
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Carolyn Bryant Donham; The guilt of the Emmett Till murder
Short StoryThe life of Carolyn Bryant and what led up to her lies and the cause of Emmett Till's death.