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Emmett Till — Part 1

249 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Emmett Till · 245 pages OCR'd
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"a — et SR AL io b6 bic bo bic bs bic LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE c. August 27, 1955 - Evening - Money, Mississippi [st [also recently advised that ‘*...J.W: came to that back door and got Roy and they jeft and J was there all night by myself. Alone. With two boys.” 80 And “Well, after he left with J.W., I know the boys were asleep. I had them on the bed there in that first room. I know I was just scared to death, sittin’ there, didn’t know what, and I think that was the first time I'd ever been _alone at night there.” *! d. August 27, 1955 - Night - Glendora, Mississippi; e Otha Johnson, Jr., also known as Oso (deceased): Johrison, a black male, related to a | that on the night of August 27, 1955 Johnson was at J.W. Milam’s store in Glendora, Mississippt and a group of white men were sitting around drinking when they decided to take Till. Otha Johnson, Jr, drove J.W. Milam and others throughout the night during the events surrounding Till’s kidnaping and murder. * oe ee was gambling at a place in Glendora, Mississippi when J.W. Milam, Roy Bryant and Tallahatchie County Sheriff H.C. Strider came asking for directions to Mose Wright’s house[ indicated that he saw] ____ possibly [ Too Tight (likely Leroy Collins) and Oudie B. Brown with Milam, Bryant and Strider in Glendora. * Mise O/S5 4 LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, [t is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its CONLENS aft HOt ie be distributed outside your agency.
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