Artifact
'Look' Magazine Story on Emmett Till's Murder, 1956
Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, who were found not guilty in a trial for the 1955 murder of black teenager Emmett Till, confess in an article in Look magazine published Jan. 24, 1956. The white men tell what happened in "The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in Mississippi."
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Artifact Date
January 24, 1956
Topic(s)
- Civil Rights
