Carolyn Bryant Donham, a name etched into one of the darkest chapters of American history, played a pivotal role in the brutal death of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy, in 1955.

Sept. 23, 1955. Roy Bryant and his half-brother Milam were charged with murder but acquitted in the kidnapping and torture slaying of 14-year-old Black teen Emmett Till; Carolyn Bryant had accused ...

He also was seeking a movie deal about the killing and had ... told Huie after their acquittal that they had killed Till ...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/emmett-biography-roy-carolyn-bryant-and-jw-milam/ After their acquittal in the Emmett Till trial, defendant Roy ...

August 28, 1955 About 2:30 a.m., Roy Bryant, Carolyn's husband, and his half brother J. W. Milam, kidnap Emmett Till from Moses Wright's home. They will later describe brutally beating him ...

Carolyn Bryant Donham's death at age 88 closes a chapter on one of the most infamous lynchings in US history. Prosecutors sought charges against her for the killing of Till, 14, up until the year ...

Emmett Till's death was a key galvanising moment ... woman whose accusation led to the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till. Carolyn Bryant Donham, now 87, had faced potential charges of kidnapping ...