Emmett Till Accuser Carolyn Bryant Donham Dies At 88; Wolf Whistle Claim Led To Brutal Murder

Emmett Till Accuser Carolyn Bryant Donham Dies At 88; Wolf Whistle Claim Led To Brutal Murder

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Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman whose claim that 14-year-old Emmett Till whistled at her during a grocery store visit led to the Black teenager’s brutal murder in August 1955, died of cancer Tuesday in Westlake, Louisiana. She was 88. Donham’s death while under hospice care was confirmed…

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