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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, 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...
Apr 27, 2023 · Carolyn Bryant Donham Dies at 88; Her Words Doomed Emmett Till She accused Emmett, 14, of accosting her, and her testimony led to the acquittals of her husband and his half brother in a murder...
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'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...
Mar 13, 2022 · In August 1955, Carolyn Bryant claimed that 14-year-old Emmett Till sexually harassed her — which led to his horrific lynching days later. But more than 60 years later, she finally admitted that her accusation was a lie.
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.
Carolyn Bryant Donham was 88. Donham died Tuesday night in Westlake, Louisiana, according to a death report filed Thursday in the Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office in Louisiana.
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.
Apr 27, 2023 · Carolyn Bryant, elusive accuser in the lynching of Emmett Till, dies at 88 The wife of one of Till’s confessed killers, she was a central figure in the 1955 murder that helped spur the...
