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Carolyn Bryant Donham, whose accusation led to death of Emmett Till, dies at 88

Till, 14, beaten and murdered in 1955 crime that shocked America, was accused of lewd comment in Mississippi grocery store

The Guardian - US

Emmett Till accuser dies; Carolyn Bryant Donham was 88

The Mississippi lynching of 14-year-old Till became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement when his mother insisted on an open-casket funeral in their hometown of Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

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The top movies online this week may feature Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, but this list also includes films that got much better reviews.

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March movie guide: John Wick 4, Adam Driver’s sci-fi flick, controversial Oscar nominee To Leslie

The nicest man in Hollywood, Keanu Reeves, returns for the much-anticipated fourth instalment of his full-throttle violent John Wick series. In a

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Emmett Till relative’s lawsuit seeks to serve white woman’s arrest warrant

Cousin of murdered Black teenager tries to compel sheriff to enforce 1955 warrant against Carolyn Bryant Donham, now 89

The Guardian - US

There’s still plenty to say about the Emmett Till story

What prompts me to write is a new book about the Emmett Till story, A Few Days Full of Trouble, by Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. and Christopher Benson.

Chicago Sun-Times

"Till," the ongoing quest for Emmett

The mother became a school teacher so she could teach the next generation, and others have taken up her baton

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With the movie 'Till,' Mamie Till-Mobley's quest to educate the world about her son's lynching marches on

After 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, severely beaten and killed in the Mississippi Delta on Aug. 28, 1955, his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, made the courageous decision to reveal her son’s corpse for all to see.

The Conversation

Whoopi Goldberg slams critic who said she wore fat suit in Till as she says 'that was me'

Hollywood actress Whoopi Goldberg, 66, has addressed 'demeaning' claims she wore a fat suit to make her body look bigger in the upcoming Emmett Till biopic

Daily Mirror

Emmett Till: woman whose accusation led to lynching won’t be charged

A white woman whose accusation against Emmett Till caused the black teenager to be lynched nearly 70 years ago will not be charged with kidnap or manslaughter, a grand jury found.

Evening Standard

Who is Carolyn Donham? The catalyst for the Emmett Till lynching who is still alive today

The lynching of Emmett Till in 1955 propelled the civil rights movement in the US forward — the woman whose allegations prompted the killing is still alive today.

ABC News

Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing

A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago

The Independent UK

A grand jury declined to indict a woman whose accusations set off Emmett Till killing

A grand jury declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till in 1955. The grand jury determined that there was not sufficient evidence.

WEKU

Emmett Till’s Chicago home to get preservation funds

CHICAGO — Emmett Till left his mother’s house on Chicago’s South Side in 1955 to visit relatives in Mississippi, where the Black teenager was abducted and brutally slain for reportedly whistling at a white woman.

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Emmett Till’s house, Black sites to get landmarks funds

The house will receive a share of $3 million in grants being distributed to 33 sites and organizations nationwide that are important pieces of African American history.

WEKU

Emmett Till's Chicago home will get money designated for preserving Black history

A preservation organization said the home will get a share of $3 million in grants being distributed to 33 sites and organizations nationwide that are important pieces of African American history.

The Independent UK

Emmett Till's house, Black sites to get preservation funds

Emmett Till's Chicago home is one of more than two dozen historically significant sites that will share $3 million in grant money from a preservation organization

The Independent UK

Mississippi AG: No prosecution plan in Emmett Till lynching

Mississippi's attorney general has no plan to prosecute the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago

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Serving 1955 arrest warrant in Emmett Till case might not lead to justice

The question for a prosecutor considering possible charges would be whether anything more than headlines would result from an arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham.

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