Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
How much did Bryant and Milam recieve from selling their story to Look?
$3,500
How long did their "deliberation" take?
1 hour and 8 minutes
What did Breland tell The Greenwood Commonwealth what the state has to prove?
1. that the boy was murdered 2. that it happened in the second judicial district of Tallahatchie County 3. that Bryant and Milam did it
What year did Emmett Till die?
1955
When did Medgar Evers/ Myrlie Evers die from an assassin?
1963
How many days was Emmett's viewing?
3 days
How many spectators were at the trial?
350
How long was the boycott of the city bus system in Montgomery, Alabama?
381 days
When was Emmett removed from Tallahatchie River?
August 31, 1955
What was Emmett Till's nickname?
Bobo
Name the woman considered the "Marilyn Monroe" of the South, and the one who Emmett flirted with.
Carol Bryant
Who was the Black Congressman who was one of the only politicians that attended the trial?
Charles C. Diggs Jr.
In 1956 what did Mamie Till Bradley enroll in to complete her teaching degree?
Chicago Teachers College
Where was the quality of life better for Blacks and whites, and the home of the Tills?
Chicago, Illinois
Who is the author of Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case?
Chris Crowe
When did Rosa Parks refuse to give her seat to a white person? And Where?
December 1, 1955 Montgomery, Alabama on a city bus
Who did Mississippi appoint to lead the trial?
District Attorney Gerald Chatham
Who was the Governor of Mississippi at the time?
Hugh White
When was Emmett Till born?
July 25, 1941
Who are Emmett Till's parents?
Mamie Till Bradley; Louis Till
What date did Supreme Court push the issue even further when it ordered that integration of schools must proceed "with a deliberate speed?"
May of 1955
Along side the NAACP, which activist, later brutally murdered, was also fighting for equal rights?
Medgar Evers
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Who was the fisherman that found Emmett's body?
Robert Hodges
Where did his funeral take place?
Roberts Temple of the Church of God in Christ in Chicago
Who were the 2 white men who murdered Emmett Till?
Roy Bryant and his half-brother J. W. Milam
Who labeled the crime as a racist act?
Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the NAACP
When did Emmett's funeral take place?
September 3
What did Carolyn Bryant lie about?
She said that she didn't accuse Emmett of harassing her
Who arrested Roy Bryant for kidnapping?
Sheriff Smith
What MLB team did Jackie Robinson play?
The Brooklyn Dodgers
What happened to Bryant and Milam after the following year that followed the Look article?
Their wives divorced them and they never regained their reputations or livelihoods in Mississippi.
Who was the 18-year-old witness and son of a black sharecropper, and who was so frightened o testifying in court?
Willie Reed
Who found the body of Emmett's body? And when after his death?
a fisherman three days later
What did Black residents do to Bryant and Milam after they returned?
boycotted Bryant's store in Money and other local businesses owned by Milam
What did the jury do to make it look like they actually deliberated their decision?
drank Coke
What ultimately happened to Louis Till in the Army?
found guilty of raping and murdering a woman; sentenced to death
Who helped Emmett plan the trip to the South?
his cousin Curtis Jones
From where was Emmett Till kidnapped? And what time?
his uncle Mose Wright's house around 2:00 A.M.
What was ironic about Money, Mississippi?
it was the poorest in the state
What did Mose Wright have to do to protect his life? And Why?
leave the state, he was one of the first African Americans to accuse a white of a crime in Mississippi court of law
What was the initial public reaction in Delta pertaining to the accused?
no lawyer in the country wanted to defend the two white men
Why did Emmett flirt with Carol Bryant?
one of his friends dared him
What did Bryant and Milam do in December 1955?
sold their story to Look magazinge reporter William Bradford Huie
What was Emmett's favorite sports team?
the Chicago White Sox
What were the result of each of the three ballots?
unanimously not guilty