Emmett Till accuser Carolyn Bryant Donham dies at 88.
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Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman at the center of the Emmett Till saga, has died at the age of 88. Donham had long insisted on her innocence in Till’s murder, but civil rights activists and others have accused her of identifying Till to his killers. Her death marks the end of a chapter, and some people had been clinging to hope that she could be prosecuted. Till’s mother forgave her son’s killers, and the injustice made international headlines and fueled the civil rights movement.
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