Emmett Till Pros And Cons

Dominick Moore

Mr.Stonebrink

2/26/16

6th period

Emmett Till argument for a retrial

Have you ever sent your baby boy away on vacation and then had his body shipped back to you in a maple crate? --Mamie Till. Emmett Till was from Chicago, Illinois, and visiting relatives in Money, a small town, Till whistled at Mrs.Bryant.Several nights later, Bryant's husband Roy and his half-brother J.W. Milam went to Till's great-uncle's house and abducted the boy. They took him away and beat and mutilated him before shooting him and sinking his body in the Tallahatchie River. Three days later, Till's body was discovered and retrieved from the river.

After filling up his pickup with gas, Milam returns to Bryant's store, wakes up Bryant, and the two men drive to Preacher Mose Wright's house, where they've heard the boy from Chicago is staying. Arriving at the Wright home, Bryant tells Mose Wright that he wants to talk "to that boy who did the talking down at Money." Confronting Till in his bed, Milam asks him if he was the one who did the

They drive to Leslie Milam's farm near Drew, Mississippi. Several men take Till to a barn and begin to pistol whip him. An eyewitness, Willie Reed, testified at trial that he saw four whites and three blacks riding in the truck that entered the Milam property and presumably carried Emmett Till.Reed also testified that he later heard wipping and hollering sounds coming from the barn.After the trial, several men--including both whites and blacks--admitted to friends or relatives that they were with Milam and Bryant on the night Till was kidnapped and murdered.None have been prosecuted. When Till, uncowed, tells Bryant and Milam and the other men that he had been with white women before in Chicago, they decide to kill