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White woman whose claim caused Emmett Till murder has died

1 year 4 months ago
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of whistling at and accosting her in Mississippi in 1955 — causing his lynching, which galvanized a generation of activists to rise up in the Civil Rights Movement — has died at 88. Carolyn Bryant Donham died in hospice care Tuesday night [...]
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press