On this day in 1955, an all-white Mississippi jury acquitted J.W. Milam & Roy Bryant of murdering Emmett Till after deliberating only 67 minutes. One juror told a reporter that they wouldn’t have taken so long if they hadn’t stopped to drink Cokes. Milam and Bryant stood before photographers, lit up cigars and kissed their wives in celebration of the not guilty verdict. Months later, the half-brothers admitted to Look magazine they had indeed killed Till.
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