When the African American locals stopped shopping at Groceries both owned by the Bryants' and Milams' their stores went out of business.
When they were unable to find work, Roy Bryant took his family to East Texas and attended welding school.
JW Milam followed along soon after, years later they both returned to Mississippi.
The men never did face time for Emmett Till's murder . When the men both died of cancer , Carolyn was left alone as well as Juanita Milam to raise their children .
For six decades, Carolyn Bryant has been a silent woman linked to Emmett Till's murder and it's been a infamous crime in history.
Soon after, historian Timothy B Tyson, Says that she wasn't silent soon after she wanted an interview with him and told him none of those things about Emmett Till doing those remarks were true and other parts claiming about Emmett Till weren't .
And later admitted she lied .
Being a black Person in the Jim Crow era,
Getting mistreated and race hate, accused of things you don't do. It was a big deal when the Emmett Till slaying was in the newspapers so much, It started to change ways of how African Americans were being treated .
YOU ARE READING
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.
