Carolyn Bryant Donham, a white woman whose false claims led to Emmett Till’s slaying in 1955 Mississippi, reportedly died Tuesday in Louisiana. Chief investigator for the Calcasieu Parish coroner’s office, Megan LeBoeuf, confirmed Bryant’s death to Mississippi Today. Bryant, 88, was in hospice care for cancer at the time of her death. Bryant was never …
Carolyn Bryant Donham — the white woman whose false assault allegations led to Emmett Till’s slaying in 1955 Mississippi — is reportedly living out her final days in Kentucky. The Daily Mail reportedly tracked down Donham, 88, who is legally blind and has cancer. Donham is allegedly receiving end-of-life hospice care at her apartment. It …
Last week, a group searching a Mississippi courthouse located an arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham — the white woman whose false assault accusations against Emmett Till led to the 14-year-old’s lynching in 1955 Mississippi. The Mississippi Free Press reported that the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation and filmmaker Keith Beauchamp made the discovery at the …
A family is desperate for answers as mystery surrounds the untimely death of a Lousiana teen. The family of 15-year-old Quawan “Bobby” Charles is pushing for an independent investigation into his death after he was found deceased in a rural, wooded area near Loreauville on November 3. The family reportedly said that officials said Charles …
She has grown children and grandchildren. She is not your traditional grandmother. She has given her children and grandchildren experiences and moments to remember. She takes them to museums, conferences, and trips. As they watch documentaries and complete their vision boards, you wouldn’t know this grandmother was a warrior, the torchbearer for justice for her family, …
On Saturday, a fourth memorial was dedicated to Emmett Till, the 14-year-old black boy who was murdered by two white men after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in 1950’s Mississippi. The newest plaque—500-pounds and encased in bulletproof glass—was constructed to dissuade vandalism. Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Memorial …
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi shocked the world and helped inspire the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. The Justice Department told Congress in a report in March it is reinvestigating Till’s slaying …
Two white men were acquitted of murdering the boy after an all-white jury deliberated for less than an hour
Carolyn Bryant, whose accusations of sexual harassment against Emmett Till led to his murder in 1950’s Mississippi, admitted she lied, according to a new book. In The Blood of Emmett Till, penned by Duke University senior research scholar Timothy Tyson, revealed that in 2007 Bryant, then 72, told the author that she fabricated crucial parts …
