A woman's claims led to Emmett Till's lynching. What a historian says her death should mean. – Daily Press
North Carolina historian Tim Tyson was one of the few people to ever interview Carolyn Bryant Donham about the encounter that led to the lynching of Emmett Till 68 years ago. His 2017 book, “The Blood of Emmett Till,” revealed Donham’s stunning statement that she had lied about the circumstances of what happened between her and Till in 1955 — details that set off a chain of events ending with his murder.