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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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LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE in ali likelihood have been heard by other residents of the town. No interviews, press accounts or anecdotal evidence indicate this occurred, BIC e. [_idvisea that Roy Bryant, J.W. Milam and a mian named Kimbrell brought Emmett Till if iin Money, Mississippi during the early morning hours of August 28, 1955. '” f. Willie Reed’s testimony in 1955 stated that four white men and three black men were in the truck with Till. g. Amandy Bradley testified as to an individual, whose physical description was that of JW. oz mH Milam, being at Leslie Milam’s farm when Till was there. IC h. Add Reed testified that Leslie Milam was present at Leslie Milam’s farm when Till was there. {ss observed J.W. Milam to be near Milam’s pickup truck, which contained something underneath a tarpaulin that was bleeding, in Glendora, Mississippi, early on the moming of August 28, 1955. At or near the truck were Oso (Otha Johnson, Jr.), “Too Tight” Collins (Levi. Collins), | was approaching the truck, The Look magazine confession does not mention a stop in Glendora during full daylight hours. bé | bIC if jstated that there was no barn located behind her a A ( Glendora, Mississippi, stating “There wadn’t any banf sd It was just a field out there and then the river.” 7” 2. J.W. Milam’s Admission: During the course of conducting research on Emmett = b2 Till’s murder Confidential Source] interviewed Milam on three occasions over the telephone. = b7p During these conversations Milam related the following details about Till’s kidnaping and murder: LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This document contains setther recammendations nor conclusions of the FB! {1 is the property of the FBI and is loaned ta your agency; it and its . contents are not to be distribured outside your agency. 4 1, .
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