Woman behind Emmett Till's lynching accusation dies at 88
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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 US civil rights movement. Donham's precise role in the killing of Till remains murky, but it is clear she was involved. Despite the discovery of an unserved arrest warrant on Donham, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said there was no new evidence to pursue a criminal case against her.
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