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 ...

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 ...