Emmett Till, murdered by Carolyn Bryant Donham
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A Post In Which We Mourn Emmett Till and Definitely Not Carolyn Bryant Donham

Carolyn Bryant Donham died last week at age 88 in Louisiana, where she had been undergoing end-of-life care for cancer. That’s the news peg. For the unaware: In 1955, Donham falsely accused a 14-year-old Emmett Till of grabbing and sexually harassing her in Money, Mississippi. The accusation spelled a death sentence. Donham’s husband and brother-in-law […]

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