Years later, both men would return to Mississippi. In 1981, Milam died of cancer of the bone. Roy Bryant died of cancer 13 years later. No one ever did time for Emmett Till's murder.

The life and tragic death of Emmett Till is the focus of a new exhibit at the Chicago History Museum. On August 28, 1955, Emmett was kidnapped, tortured, killed and dumped in the Tallahatchie River in ...