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  1. 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 half...

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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...

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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 civil ...