Carolyn Bryant Donham, woman whose accusations led to murder of Emmett Till has died at the age of 88
The passing of Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of whistling at her, resulting in his brutal lynching in Mississippi in 1955, has brought an end to a tragic tale that catalyzed the Civil Rights Movement. Donham, aged 88, breathed her last in hospice care on Tuesday night in …