Carolyn told her sister-in-law, Juanita, who was in the back of the ... Bryant's Grocery & Meat Market, Chicago Defender Bryant and Milam had already been rounded up as murder suspects, and ...

At the time, Carolyn Bryant was a 21-year-old married mother of two. Her husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother J.W. Milam, responded to her claims with lethal brutality. On the night of August ...

Carolyn Bryant testified outside the presence of the jury and said Emmett walked into the store spoke with her and then grabbed her. Then, she said, he whistled. Milam and Bryant never took the stand.

Carolyn Bryant testified outside the presence of the jury and said Emmett walked into the store spoke with her and then grabbed her. Then, she said, he whistled. Milam and Bryant never took the stand.