Did J.W. Milam have any children?

She married World War II veteran John William Milam on Dec. 10, 1949, her 22nd birthday. They had two sons, Horace William, born in 1951, and Harvey, born two years later.

How many kids did Roy Bryant have?

They had two sons and lived in two small rooms in the back of the store. To earn extra cash, Roy worked as a trucker with his half-brother J. W. Milam, an imposing man of six-feet-two inches, weighing 235 pounds.

What happened to Henry Loggins?

In 2005, Loggins became incapacitated after suffering a stroke but spent time in a nursing home and later at his daughter’s home recovering. He died in Dayton in October 2009.

What happened between Emmett Till and Carolyn Bryant?

But they were both acquitted of murder by an all-White jury following a trial in which Carolyn Bryant testified that Emmett grabbed and verbally threatened her. The jury deliberated for barely an hour. The men later admitted to the killing in a 1956 interview with Look magazine.