"Till" is the new film about the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till - a crime that helped spark the civil rights movement. The movie has opened to rave reviews, and got us thinking about the ...

Florence “Jayne” Emmett, age 84, beloved wife of 62 years to Francis J. Emmett (former Mayor of Calumet Park, IL); devoted and loving mother of Jan (Chuck) Noble, Michael Emmett (Judith Hlinka ...

Simeon said that Emmett then whistled at Ms. Bryant, and that their group became afraid and left quickly. Four days later, Mr. Bryant and his half brother, J.W. Milam, both Army veterans ...

Bettmann Collection, via Getty Her husband at the time, Roy Bryant, and J.W. Milam, his half brother, abducted Emmett at gunpoint and drove him to a barn about 45 minutes away. After torturing him ...