re: Carolyn Bryant Donham, whose accusations led to murder of Emmett Till, dies at 88

At worst, she lied on the witness stand about being physically accosted by Till inside the store. But it’s unclear on if that even happened because they were the only two in the store. She didn’t report it to police and didn’t even initially tell her husband. Someone else told her husband and he confronted her about it. He and his accomplice are the ones that should have been in jail.

Apparently she has a memoir that can now be released since she died.

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Did she admit she was lying about it?

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. She wasn’t lying about it. The people who were with him even said it. They literally rushed him to the car because she went to get a gun.

This was a quote

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Nothing that boy ever did could justify what happened to him.”

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But the “bombshell” quote can’t be corroborated. She denied ever saying that she falsified the whole thing.

I mean Occam’s razor works well on this case

Till likely did something juvenile and relatively harmless and being from the north didn’t think that much of it (flirted, whistled, said a joke you name it)

White woman from 50s in MS took offense

Absolutely vile despicable human of a husband violently gets a group and murders till

I would say with extreme confidence the truth isn’t far from the above. So I’m struggling to see the reasoning for the woman being enemy #1 and moreso, what her crime was to be arrested

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Till likely did something juvenile and relatively harmless and being from the north didn’t think that much of it (flirted, whistled, said a joke you name it)

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Oh, sure. Sure.

He whistled at her. His friends even said that. 60 minutes did an entire thing on the story in the early 2000s. It’s on YouTube.

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Don't get mad at me because you don't know anything about history or geography. Blame someone else

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You haven't stated much that's actual fact. You don't even know where the kkk came from or anything about east Mississippi, or probably where Starkville is located. You don't know anything about Parchman prison beatings and the racism that existed in the delta in the 1960s.

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Yeah, IIRC there's not really any evidence she did anything wrong other than marry a POS. She didn't even tell her husband about the incident, she withheld the story because she feared how he might react. Another witness told the husband about it a day or two later and he was pissed at her for not telling him and letting him walk around like a fool.

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Then I agree with her she was a “victim” too where. Not nearly in the same vain as Till of course, but a victim nonetheless with the likely vitriol and hate she has received over the years. Hell just look at the brainiac posters in this thread “happy she died”

Your argumentative skills make you look dumber than your knowledge of history. But if it will stave off your coronary I'll concede. The Delta was the most racist place in the South.


Lmao.

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He whistled at her.

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He whistled, but it’s in dispute whether he whistled AT her. One of his accomplices claims he whistled at the 2 boys playing checkers outside the store.

I think it’s fair to say he likely did or said something that she mistook for flirting, or someone outside the store saw it and perceived it that way. I think it’s also fair to say her initial claims of being physically accosted in the store were not true.

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think it’s also fair to say her initial claims of being physically accosted in the store were not true.

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She never initially claimed anything. Another white patron in the store did. And I don’t think she ever really said she was “physically accosted” either. Her words at the trial when she was called to testify were

During the murder trial,[note 1] Bryant testified that Till grabbed her hand while she was stocking candy and said, "How about a date, baby?" She said that after she freed herself from his grasp, the young man followed her to the cash register, grabbed her waist and said, "What's the matter baby, can't you take it?"Bryant said she freed herself, and Till said, "You needn't be afraid of me, baby",used "one 'unprintable' word"and said "I've been with white women before."Bryant also alleged that one of Till's companions came into the store, grabbed him by the arm, and ordered him to leave.