Carolyn Bryant Donham, the White woman whose accusation led to the 1955 torcher and lynching of a teenager named Emmett Till in Mississippi,
14 year old Emmett Till was tortured almost beyond recognition and murdered in 1955 while visiting relatives in Mississippi after Carolyn Bryant Donham claimed that he made advances at her by whistling at her. Emmett Till’s mother insisted that his casket remain open to show how heinous a crime was committed against her son, while demanding justice […]