In a crime of racial hatred that served as a catalyst for the burgeoning civil rights movement, the White woman at the center of the offense has admitted to greatly exaggerating claims about Emmett Till, reports Boom 94.
The Blood of Emmett Till, a new book by Timothy Tyson, claims that Carolyn Bryant Donham admits to lying about Till whistling at her, prompting a mob of White men to pursue and kill him in Money, Mississippi, at the height of Jim Crow laws in 1955.
“Nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him,” Donham is quoted as saying in the book, writes the New York Daily News:
The woman’s husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother, J.W. Miliam, were charged with murdering Till, whose mutilated body was found in the muddy Tallahatchie River.
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At trial, Carolyn Bryant delivered the most explosive testimony, claiming that Till had grabbed and threatened her inside her husband’s store.
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“That part’s not true,” she says in Tyson’s book, according to Vanity Fair about Till’s alleged
Boom94 notes that the killing was a pivotal movement in the civil rights movement: “Especially, when his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, made the bold move to show the world her son’s disfigured body in an open casket funeral. The impact of this decision would influence JET Magazine to make the powerful image a cover story that ignited the fight for Civil Rights.”
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41 Black Men & Youths Who Were Killed By Police
41 Black Men & Youths Who Were Killed By Police
1. Anthony Lamar Smith, 24
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2. Ramarley Graham, 18
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3. Manuel Loggins Jr., 31
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4. Trayvon Martin, 17
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5. Wendell Allen, 20
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6. Kendrec McDade, 19
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7. Larry Jackson Jr., 32
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8. Jonathan Ferrell, 24
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9. Jordan Baker, 26
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10. Victor White lll, 22
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11. Dontre Hamilton, 31
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12. Eric Garner, 43
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13. John Crawford lll, 22
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14. Michael Brown, 18
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15. Ezell Ford, 25
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16. Dante Parker, 36
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17. Kajieme Powell, 25
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18. Laquan McDonald, 17
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19. Akai Gurley, 28
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20. Tamir Rice, 12
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21. Rumain Brisbon, 34
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22. Jerame Reid, 36
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23. Charly Keunang, 43
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24. Tony Robinson, 19
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25. Walter Scott, 50
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26. Freddie Gray, 25
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27. Brendon Glenn, 29
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28. Samuel DuBose, 43
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29. Christian Taylor, 19
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30. Jamar Clark, 24
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31. Mario Woods, 26
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32. Quintonio LeGrier, 19
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33. Gregory Gunn, 58
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34. Akiel Denkins, 24
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35. Alton Sterling, 37
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36. Philando Castile, 32
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37. Terrence Sterling, 31
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38. Terence Crutcher, 40
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39. Keith Lamont Scott, 43
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40. Alfred Olango, 38
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41. Jordan Edwards, 15
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SOURCE: BOOM 94, the New York Daily News
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