Woman whose accusation led to the lynching of Emmett Till has died at 88, coroner says | CNN

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 recently as last year – has died in Louisiana, the Calcasieu Parish coroner’s office confirmed to CNN. Donham, 88, died Tuesday in Westlake, according to a fact of death letter from the coroner. Malik Shab

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