Carolyn Bryant Donham, Whose Accusation Led to Emmett Till's Murder, Dies at 88

Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman whose allegations led to the murder of Emmett Till, died at age 88.
Till was kidnapped, tortured, beaten, and shot before his body was tied to a fan blade and weighed down in a river, galvanizing the civil rights movement.
Donham was never held accountable for her role in Till's death, ending a painful chapter for Till's family and Black Americans.
Despite re-examinations, no new evidence was found to prosecute anyone for Till's abduction and murder.
In 2022, President Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law, designating lynching a federal hate crime.