The white woman who accused Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 denies wanting him killed. The claim comes in an unpublished memoir that was obtained by The Associated Press.
In this Sept. 23, 1955, file photo, J.W. Milam, left, his wife, second from left, Roy Bryant, far right, and his wife, Carolyn Bryant, sit together in a courtroom in Sumner, Miss. 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 in 1955 after he allegedly whistled at Carolyn Bryant.
Tyson had placed the manuscript in an archive at the University of North Carolina with the agreement that it not be made public for decades, though he said he gave it to the FBI during an investigation the agency concluded last year. He said he decided to make it public now following the recent discovery of an arrest warrant on kidnapping charges that was issued for Donham in 1955 but never served.
Donham adds that she “always felt like a victim as well as Emmett” and “paid dearly with an altered life” for what happened to him. “That seems ludicrous,” Killinger said. “How would you have a major event in your life and not talk about it?”
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