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  1. Jan 27, 2017 · Carolyn Bryant Donham in 1955. Gene Herrick/Associated Press. For six decades, she has been the silent woman linked to one of the most notorious crimes in the nation’s history, the lynching of ...

  2. Apr 30, 2023 · Mrs. Carolyn Bryant, 21, wife of Roy Bryant, pose just five days before her husband goes on trial on a charge he murdered 14-year-old African-American youth Emmett Till, in Sumner , Miss., Sept ...

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  3. Apr 27, 2023 · Carolyn Bryant Donham, the White woman whose accusation led to the 1955 lynching of Black teen Emmett Till in Mississippi – and whose role in the brutal death was reconsidered by a grand jury as ...

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  4. Jan 27, 2017 · The woman at the center of the Emmett Till murder case has spoken out for the first time, more than 60 years later, admitting that part of her story about the black teenager is false, a new book ...

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  5. Aug 9, 2022 · When questioned directly, Bryant Donham adamantly denied to investigators that she had recanted her testimony. Emmett’s legacy, however, lives on: In March, President Joe Biden signed into law ...

  6. Apr 27, 2023 · A white woman from Mississippi whose 1955 accusation against a black teenager Emmett Till led to his murder has died. Carolyn Bryant Donham's death at age 88 closes a chapter on one of the most ...

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  8. Dec 7, 2021 · Investigators found no record that Carolyn Bryant Donham recanted her testimony about Till, a senior-level law enforcement official says. Dec. 6, 2021, 11:09 PM UTC / Updated Dec. 7, 2021, 1:43 AM UTC