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Carolyn Bryant Donham, woman at center of Emmett Till lynching, dies at 88

Grace Hauck, USA TODAY Comments Off on Carolyn Bryant Donham, woman at center of Emmett Till lynching, dies at 88

In 1955, Emmett Till was lynched after Carolyn Bryant Donham accused him of whistling at her. She was never charged. She died Tuesday at age 88.

      
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