The family of Emmet Till — a 14-year-old Black boy who was abducted, tortured and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 — are calling for the arrest of his white female accuser after they disc…
The family of Emmet Till — a 14-year-old Black boy who was abducted, tortured and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 — are calling for the arrest of his white female accuser after they discovered an unserved, 70-year-old warrant charging her with kidnapping.
Till, who was in town from Chicago to visit relatives, allegedly whistled at her, according to a cousin who witnessed the interaction. Such an interaction violated the racist code of behavior in the Jim Crow-era South. Carolyn Bryant Donham, right, allegedly identified Emmett Till to his murderers John W. Milam and Roy Bryant .The warrant was reported in papers at the time, but never served. The Leflore County sheriff had told reporters that he didn’t want to “bother” the woman since she was the mother of two young children.
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