Woman behind Emmett Till's lynching accusation dies at 88
TL;DR
Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, has died at the age of 88. Till's kidnapping and killing became a catalyst for the civil rights movement. Donham's precise role in the killing of Till remains murky, but it's clear she was involved. An all-white jury acquitted the two white men in the killing, but the men later confessed in an interview with Look magazine.
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- Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused Emmett Till before he was lynched, dies at age 88 NPR
- Woman whose accusation led to the lynching of Emmett Till has died at 88, coroner says CNN
- Carolyn Bryant Donham Dies at 88; Her Words Doomed Emmett Till The New York Times
- Woman who accused Emmett Till dies at 88 13News Now
- Woman at center of Emmett Till case has died WAPT Jackson
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