Woman Who Set Emmett Till's Murder In Motion Changes Her Story

IF YOU HATE YOU ARE JUST AS BAD
AS THE PERSON THAT COMMITTED
THE CRIME.
MORE THAN 60 YEARS AGO.
THE BRUTAL KILLING AND LYNCHING
OF A BLACK TEEN SPARKED THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
THE FAMILY RESPONDS TO AN
EXPLOSIVE ADMISSION FROM HIS
ACCUSER.
ONE WOMAN'S LIE SET HIS MURDER
INTO MOTION.
CBS 2 SAT DOWN WITH TILL'S
FAMILY TO TALK ABOUT THAT
CONFESSION.
WHAT?
IN 1955 -- WILLARD PARKER
WAS THERE OUTSIDE THE
MISSISSIPPI GROCERY STORE WHEN
HIS COUSIN WHISTLED AT THIS
WHITE WOMAN, CAROLYN BRYANT.
SHE CLAIMED TILL PHYSICALLY AND
VERBALLY ACCOSTED HER, DAYS
LATER HER HUSBAND AND BROTHER-
IN-LAW KIDNAPPED BEAT AND SHOT
TILL.
NOW A BOMB SHELL IN THIS BOOK
SET TO HIT SHELVES NEXT WEEK.
BRYANT TAKES BACK THE STORY
THAT LED TO TILL'S LYNCHING.
SHE WAS TRYING TO SAY THAT
NOTHING THAT WENT ON BETWEEN
THEM CONSTITUTED ANY EXCUSE FOR
ANYONE HARMING HIM.
BRYANT CAPTURED HERE BY 60
MINUTES ADMITS IT WAS ALL A
LIE.
THAT'S A BIG GIANT.
THAT'S A BIG STEP.
THAT'S A COURAGEOUS WOMAN.
IT'S NOT HARD FOR YOU TO SAY
THAT ABOUT HER.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
HATE.
HATE DESTROY HATERS.
HER HUSBAND AND BROTHER-IN-
LAW WERE CHARGED WITH MURDER
BUT ACQUITTED BY AN ALL WHITE
JURY.
THEY WOULD LATER ADMIT THEY DID
KILL EM MITT TILL.
THE WORLD SAW THE MUTILATION.
HER MOTHER CRYING OVER HER SON.
YOU HAVE TO BE A TERRIBLE
PERSON FOR IT NOT TO EAT AT
YOU.
SHE'S A CIVIL WOMAN.
I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR HER TO
COME OUT AND SAY IT.
ADMIT.
MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T.
EM MITT TILL'S FAMILY STILL HAS
LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND THEY
ADMIT THEY MAY NEVER KNOW THE
ANSWERS.
WE COULD LEARN MORE IN BRYANT'S
MEMOIR.
BUT IT WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR
PUBLIC VIEW UNTIL 2036.
WE WAITED DECADES FOR THIS BOMB
SHELL.
IT COULD BE DECADES MORE UNTIL
WE LEARN SOMETHING ELSE.
IT'S AMAZING THE SPIRIT OF
FORGIVENESS THIS FAMILY HAS.
IT'S A FAMILY THAT GREW UP
IN THE CHURCH.
WHY WON'T WE SEE ANYTHING
UNTIL 2036.

Woman Who Set Emmett Till's Murder In Motion Changes Her Story

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