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Apr 27, 2023 · Carolyn Bryant Donham Dies at 88; Her Words Doomed Emmett Till - The New York Times. She accused Emmett, 14, of accosting her, and her testimony led to the acquittals of her husband and his...
I Am More than a Wolf Whistle: The Story of Carolyn Bryant Donham is a memoir by Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who accused the African American 14-year-old Emmett Till of touching her hand and flirting with her at her store in 1955, an incident which led to his lynching.
Apr 27, 2023 · Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, has died in hospice care in Louisiana. She was 88.
Apr 27, 2023 · Carolyn Bryant Donham, the White woman whose accusation led to the 1955 lynching of Black teen Emmett Till in Mississippi – and whose role in the brutal death was reconsidered by a grand jury as...
Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American teenager who was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store.
Apr 28, 2023 · Carolyn Bryant had falsely alleged that 14-year-old Emmett Till grabbed her at the grocery store, an accusation that led to his gruesome killing.
Apr 27, 2023 · Carolyn Bryant Donham's death at age 88 closes a chapter on one of the most infamous lynchings in US history. Prosecutors sought charges against her for the killing of Till, 14, up until the year...
Apr 27, 2023 · Carolyn Bryant Donham died in hospice care Tuesday night in Westlake, Louisiana, according to a death report filed Thursday in the Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office. Her death marks the last chance for anyone to be held accountable for the kidnapping and murder that shocked the world.
Carolyn Bryant Donham, woman at center of Emmett Till's kidnapping and killing, dies at 88. Donham set off the case in August 1955 by accusing the Black teenager of making...
Apr 27, 2023 · A white woman whose discredited accusations against black teenager Emmett Till led to his lynching in 1955 has died in Louisiana, according to a coroner's report.
