Carolyn Bryant Donham, whose accusation led to death of Emmett Till, dies at 88

Till, 14, beaten and murdered in 1955 crime that shocked America, was accused of lewd comment in Mississippi grocery store

The white woman whose allegations resulted in the torture and murder of the Black teen Emmett Till, an unpunished killing that outraged America and fueled the civil rights movement, has died.

On Thursday, the Calcasieu parish coroner’s office in Louisiana confirmed the death of Carolyn Bryant Donham, Mississippi Today reported. She was 88 and was reported to have had cancer, in hospice care.