Roy Bryant

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Roy Bryant was a Mississippi shopkeeper whose accusation against Emmett Till and subsequent acquittal in Till’s 1955 lynching made him a central figure in one of the most infamous racially motivated murders in American history.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Roy Bryant canonical 15
J. W. Milam 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American shopkeeper ⓘ
human ⓘ
perpetrator of racial violence ⓘ
accusedOf kidnapping of Emmett Till ⓘ
murder of Emmett Till ⓘ
acquittedOf murder of Emmett Till ⓘ
associatedWith Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market in Money, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Money, Mississippi

Carolyn Bryant's accusation against Emmett Till ⓘ
causeOfNotoriety lynching of Emmett Till ⓘ
racially motivated violence ⓘ
charge murder of Emmett Till ⓘ
confessedTo participation in Emmett Till's killing in a 1956 magazine interview ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfTrial 1955 ⓘ
employer Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market ⓘ
ethnicGroup white American ⓘ
facedTrialIn Emmett Till murder trial ⓘ
familyName Bryant ⓘ
fullName Roy Bryant ⓘ
givenName Roy ⓘ
hasRole accuser in the Emmett Till case ⓘ
defendant in the Emmett Till murder trial ⓘ
historicalPeriod Civil Rights Movement era ⓘ
impact case became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
legacy symbol of racial injustice in the American South ⓘ
legalOutcome protected from retrial by double jeopardy after acquittal ⓘ
legalSystem Jim Crow legal system in Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws
mediaCoverage extensive national and international press in 1955 ⓘ
notableEvent Emmett Till lynching ⓘ
notableFor being acquitted by an all-white jury in 1955 ⓘ
central figure in a landmark civil rights era case ⓘ
role in the Emmett Till case ⓘ
notableWork involvement in the Emmett Till case ⓘ
occupation shopkeeper ⓘ
participantIn kidnapping of Emmett Till ⓘ
murder of Emmett Till ⓘ
placeOfActivity Leflore County, Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Leflore County

Tallahatchie County, Mississippi ⓘ
placeOfResidence Money, Mississippi ⓘ
placeOfTrial Sumner, Mississippi ⓘ
positionHeld co-owner of Bryant's Grocery and Meat Market ⓘ
publicationMention Look magazine interview about Emmett Till case ⓘ
race white ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling J. W. Milam ⓘ
significantEvent Emmett Till's abduction from his great-uncle's home ⓘ
spouse Carolyn Bryant ⓘ
verdict acquitted ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Murder of Emmett Till → perpetrator → J. W. Milam ⓘ
linked to: Roy Bryant
Roy Bryant → fullName → Roy Bryant ⓘ
Carolyn Bryant → spouse → Roy Bryant ⓘ
Carolyn Bryant → relative → Roy Bryant ⓘ
Carolyn Bryant Donham → spouse → Roy Bryant ⓘ
subject linked to: Donham
J. W. Milam → sibling → Roy Bryant ⓘ
J. W. Milam → coPerpetrator → Roy Bryant ⓘ
Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market → ownedBy → Roy Bryant ⓘ
Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market → operatedBy → Roy Bryant ⓘ
Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market → associatedWith → Roy Bryant ⓘ
Emmett Till → perpetrator → Roy Bryant ⓘ