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Teen arrested for killing two and wounding four others in shooting at after-prom party in Mississippi

Police have charged a 19-year-old man with killing two teens and wounding four others in an early Sunday shooting at a house party on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

The Independent UK

Dad's remains found in three places after telling mum 'white guys are trying to kill me'

Rasheem Carter went missing near Taylorsville, Mississippi, and his family believe the dad's death was a "modern-day lynching". They have demanded answers from law enforcement who initially said that no "foul play was involved".

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Emmett Till's accuser, Carolyn Bryant Donham, has died – here's how the 1955 murder case helped define civil rights history

Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making inappropriate advances toward her in 1955, has died at the age of 88 in Louisiana, according to a coroner’s report.

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Who was Emmett Till? Woman whose accusation led to murder dies

Carolyn Bryant accused Emmett Till, 14, of making advances to her in Mississippi in 1955

Evening Standard

Emmett Till: Woman whose accusation led to lynching of black teenager dies aged 88

Carolyn Bryant accused Emmett Till, 14, of making advances to her in Mississippi in 1955

Evening Standard

Mississippi jail break: One fugitive captured in Texas as wounded officer released from hospital

Fugitive Jerry Raynes, 51, was taken into custody in Texas on Thursday after days on the run

The Independent UK

After death of Emmett Till’s accuser, Chicago-area cousin says, ‘No one now will be’ held accountable

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. said Thursday, “It is up to all of us to be accountable to the challenges we still face in overcoming racial injustice.”

Chicago Sun-Times

‘The Hate u Give’ author awards student writing scholarship

Bestselling author Angie Thomas has surprised a senior at a Mississippi high school with a full-ride scholarship for creative writing to the private university where Thomas earned her bachelor’s degree

The Independent UK

Mississippi jailbreak prisoner caught while on the run in Texas

Jerry Raynes arrested in Spring Valley View near Houston, according to officials

The Independent UK

2nd Mississippi jail escapee found; arrested near Houston

Authorities in Mississippi say a man who escaped from jail last weekend and fled to Texas after allegedly stealing a public works vehicle has been arrested in a Houston suburb

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Emmett Till: How a 14-year-old's brutal killing shaped America's civil rights movement

Emmett Till's 1955 lynching and the photo of his body, which his mother wanted the world to see, brought nationwide attention to the racial violence and injustice prevalent in Mississippi and the entire United States.

Daily Mirror

Three-car train falls into Mississippi River with reports of multiple people injured

Emergency services have been dispatched to De Soto, Mississippi, after multiple train cars containing lithium and batteries are reportedly floating in the water

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US woman whose accusation led to Emmett Till murder dies

The brutality of Till’s 1955 lynching, on display at his open-casket funeral, galvanised the US civil rights movement.

The Guardian - US

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

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Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused Emmett Till before he was lynched, dies at age 88

The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's report shows.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

The Independent UK

Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies

The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana

Daily Mirror

Carolyn Bryant Donham, whose wolf-whistling claim led to death of Emmett Till, dies at 88

Carolyn Bryant Donham, who was at the centre of Emmett Till's kidnapping and brutal lynching, has died in Louisiana after a battle with cancer. Till's family demanded justice after recovering an old arrest warrant but now the 88-year-old will never face persecution.

WEKU

Mississippi jail escapee is found dead after an armed standoff, police say

Plumes of smoke emanated from the charred remains of the home in Mississippi hours after a body was recovered. Dylan Arrington, 22, perished inside the home, authorities said.

The Independent UK

A jailbreak, a murder and a shoot-out with police: What we know about hunt for Mississippi escaped inmates

Four prisoners went missing from the Raymond Detention Center at the weekend. Now, one is dead, one is captured and two are still at large. Graeme Massie and Rachel Sharp report

The Independent UK

Mississippi jail break – latest: Fugitive captured on run as hunt continues for remaining escapees

Fugitive Dylan Arrington confirmed dead in Leake County house fire after allegedly shooting dead Pastor Anthony Watts who stopped to try to help him

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