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The Emmett Till Case: The FBI Report

Details

(February 9, 2006)

The Tallahatchie River near Glendora, Mississippi, where Till's body was found

I. Synopsis

II. Background

Geography of Relevant Mississippi Counties

Segregation and Significant Events of 1955

III. Details

Persons Involved or Investigated

Emmett Louis Till

Wright Family

Crawford Family

Walker Family

The Milam/Bryant Family

Carolyn and Roy Bryant

John William Milam and Juanita Milam

Leslie Milam

Melvin L. Campbell

Elmer O. Kimbrell

Hubert Clark

[Unidentified person 1*]

Levi Collins

Johnny B. Washington

Otha Johnson Jr.

[Unidentified person 2**]

Mary "Amandy" Bradley

[Unidentified person 3***]

[Unidentified person 4****]

[Unidentified person 5*****]

Key Locations

Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market

Grover C. Frederick Farm

FBI_Key_Locations_Glendora_Mississippi.pdf

Clint Shurden Plantation

IV. Investigation of the Offense

Timeline

Sequence of Events

Movement and Identification of Body

Trial of Bryant and Milam

November 8, 1955 Leflore County Grand Jury

Admissions

Laboratory, Medical, and Other Findings

Other Allegations

++ The published FBI report blocks out the names of those still living at the time of the report in 2006.

Home Trial Account

Other Resources

  • The Emmett Till Murder Trial: An Account
  • The Emmett Till Murder Trial: Chronology
  • The Emmett Till Murder Trial: Images
  • The Murder of Emmett Till: Maps
  • Two Accounts of the Incident at Bryant's Grocery & Meat Market
  • Two Accounts of the Abduction of Emmett ("Bobo") Till
  • Diagram of the Mose Wright home, scene of Emmett Till's abduction
  • Sheriff Says Not Till's Body
  • The Emmett Till Murder Trial: Selected Testimony
  • Killers' Confession in Look (January 1956)
  • The Emmett Till Case: The FBI Report
  • The Emmett Till Murder in Song
  • Emmett Till Murder (Bryant & Milum) Trial: Links & Bibliography
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