Justice Department <br />Closes Most Recent, Investigation of <br />Lynching of Emmett Till.<br />Justice Department <br />Closes Most Recent, Investigation of <br />Lynching of Emmett Till.<br />NPR News reports the United States Justice Department has ended the latest investigation of the lynching of Emmett Till.<br />NPR News reports the United States Justice Department has ended the latest investigation of the lynching of Emmett Till.<br />In 1955, young Emmett was abducted, tortured and murdered after being accused of whistling at a white woman.<br />Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam were <br />eventually tried for the murder.<br />Facing an entirely white group of jurors, <br />the two men were acquitted.<br />Facing an entirely white group of jurors, <br />the two men were acquitted.<br />Carolyn Bryant Donham, who was married to<br />Roy Bryant at the time, has since said that she <br />lied when making the accusations against Till.<br />According to NPR, it was a recently-published book that had propelled the Department of Justice to reopen the investigation.<br />According to NPR, it was a recently-published book that had propelled the Department of Justice to reopen the investigation.<br />'The Blood of Emmett Till,' written by Timothy B. Tyson and published in 2017, quotes Carolyn confessing that she hadn't been truthful back in 1955.<br />Months after their acquittal, Bryant <br />and Milam confessed to killing Till <br />in an interview with 'Look' magazine.<br />Bryant and Milam were <br />never brought to trial again.<br />Emmett Till was merely 14 years old <br />when he was brutally murdered. .<br />A native Chicagoan, Till was visiting relatives in Mississippi at the time of his death.<br />A native Chicagoan, Till was visiting relatives in Mississippi at the time of his death
