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A petite, attractive, dark-haired young woman, Caroline won two high school beauty pageants. In 1951, at the age of 16, she met a 20-year-old army

Carolyn Bryant Donham — the white woman who accused 14-year-old Emmett Till of making improper advances towards her resulting in his brutal murder — has

Carolyn Bryant Donham, woman whose accusations led to Emmett Till’s murder, dies at 88

Carolyn Bryant accused Emmett Till, 14, of making advances to her in Mississippi in 1955

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 in hospice care in Louisiana at age 88. Donham died Tuesday night in Westlake, Louisiana, according to a death report filed Thursday in the Calcasieu Parish Coroner's Office in Louisiana. In August 1955, Till traveled from Chicago to visit relatives in Mississippi. Bryant Donham (then named Carolyn Bryant) accused Till of making imp...

Carolyn Bryant Donham, woman whose accusations led to Emmett Till’s murder, dies at 88

The white woman at the center of the Emmett Till saga, Carolyn Bryant Donham, has died. Megan LeBoeuf, chief investigator for the Calcasieu Parish coroner’s office, confirmed Donham’s death. The 88-year-old was suffering from cancer and was receiving end-of-life hospice care. Devery Anderson, the author of “Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and […]

The 88-year-old was suffering from cancer and was receiving end-of-life hospice care.

The white woman at the center of the Emmett Till saga, Carolyn Bryant Donham, has died.

The alleged motive behind Emmett Till's 1955 lynching may have been based on a lie, but the brutal crime inspired a new wave of activism.