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Carolyn Bryant set off the lynching of Emmett Till by accusing the Black teen of improper advances. Today, his relatives want authorities to launch a kidnapping prosecution against her.
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Emmett Till's relatives and activists want authorities to launch a kidnapping prosecution against the woman who set off the lynching by accusing the Black Chicago teen of improper advances in 1955.
Relatives of Till want authorities to launch a kidnapping prosecution against the woman who set off his lynching.
Stymied in their calls for a renewed investigation into the killing of Emmett Till,...
Carolyn Bryant Donham was named nearly 67 years ago in a warrant that accused her in Till’s abduction, even before his mangled body was found in a river, FBI records show, yet she was never arrested or brought to trial in a case that shocked the world for its brutality.