{"id":144684,"date":"2022-07-19T14:41:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/us\/?p=144684"},"modified":"2023-06-14T17:35:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T16:35:53","slug":"who-are-carolyn-bryants-children-lamar-bryant-and-roy-bryant-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/us\/who-are-carolyn-bryants-children-lamar-bryant-and-roy-bryant-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are Carolyn Bryant\u2019s Children Lamar Bryant and Roy Bryant Jr.?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Carolyn Bryant’s children are sons Lamar Bryant and Roy Bryant Jr, who are former members of the U.S. Air Force. Carolyn is the white lady who was at the center of the lynching death of Emmett Till in the 1950s. <\/strong><\/p>\n While living in Mississippi in 1955, Carolyn Bryant claimed that Till, a young black boy, had made sexual advances on her in her family’s grocery store. This infuriated her husband, Roy Bryant Sr, and he and his half-brother (J.W. Milam) went looking for Till. They later murdered him so brutally that it reignited the flames of the civil rights movement in America.<\/p>\n Though Carolyn and her husband escaped any legal consequences for their action, the whole event marked their lives forever.\u00a0It also impacted their offspring, but their children went on to have regular lives, albeit under the radar. Lamar Bryant and Roy Jr. both served in the U.S. Airforce and went on to get married and have kids.<\/p>\n Carolyn Bryant’s oldest child is a son named Roy Bryant Jr. Roy Bryant Jr. was born on the 12th of June 1952 in the town of Indianola, Mississippi. He spent the first year of his life there before his parents relocated to another Mississippi town called Money in 1953. In Money, Roy Jr. had a regular upbringing.<\/p>\n However, his life trajectory was altered forever after his parents got entangled in the Emmet Till murder in 1955. Roy Jr. was just three years old at the time and didn’t understand what was going on. He was nevertheless impacted by it. For one, he followed his parents to the court during his father’s murder trial.<\/p>\n The whole controversy also beamed an uncomfortable spotlight on the family, and they were hounded by reporters. It was difficult for Roy Bryant Jr. to have a normal childhood, but things got easier with time. He attended school and participated in activities such as football, band, homecoming, and dating<\/a>. He also developed lifelong friendships.<\/p>\nCarolyn Bryant’s Oldest Child, Roy Bryant Jr, Was a Member of the U.S. Air Force<\/strong><\/h2>\n