# Claim 863

An all white jury acquitted Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam of Emmett Till's murder, according to a news broadcast reproduced in PBS's American Experience.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

- Statement: An all white jury acquitted Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam of Emmett Till's murder, according to a news broadcast reproduced in PBS's American Experience.
- Field: status
- Value: Jury acquitted both defendants
- About: [incident 1955-us-mississippi-till-trial-press-segregation](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1955-us-mississippi-till-trial-press-segregation)
- Source: American Experience: The Murder of Emmett Till (film transcript). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/till/
- Publisher: American Experience: The Murder of Emmett Till (film transcript)
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-26
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current

## Quotation from the source

> In the Emmett Till Murder trial, the all white jury has acquitted the two white defendants accused of killing the 14-year-old Negro youth.

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