‘Not True’: Woman Admits She Made Up claims That Led to Emmett Till’s Brutal Lynching
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The woman at the center of the brutal murder of Emmett Till — which helped launch the civil rights movement — has revealed for the first time that she had fabricated the most sensational part of her testimony, reported Vanity Fair.
Carolyn Bryant Donham has never spoken publicly since she testified in the murder trial of her then-husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother, J.W. Milam, who were each acquitted less than a month after they kidnapped, tortured and executed the black boy.
e woman at the center of the brutal murder of Emmett Till — which helped launch the civil rights movement — has revealed for the first time that she had fabricated the most sensational part of her testimony, reported Vanity Fair.
Carolyn Bryant Donham has never spoken publicly since she testified in the murder trial of her then-husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother, J.W. Milam, who were each acquitted less than a month after they kidnapped, tortured and executed the black boy.
The teen, whose mother called him “Bo,” bragged to his cousin and some other boys that he had a white girlfriend back home — and the boys dared him to speak to the woman working behind the counter.
A 12-year-old cousin briefly went inside but left Emmett alone with Donham for about a minute, and she later claimed Till had grabbed her and made lewd comments.
His cousin, Simeon Wright, recalled decades later that couldn’t have been possible — and, it turns out, he was right.
“That part’s not true,” Donham told Tyson, who conducted the first-ever interview with the elderly mother of two for a new book, The Blood of Emmett Till.
She also claimed Till had wolf-whistled at her, but Tyson notes that might not have been intentional because the boy had a lisp.
Donham claims she couldn’t remember anymore the rest of their brief encounter.
The interview was actually conducted in 2007, after Donham approached the Duke University scholar about helping to write her memoirs.
“That case went a long way toward ruining her life,” said Tyson, who said the Donham family reminded him of his own.
He said Donham’s views on race had changed over the years, along with much of the country’s.
“She was glad things had changed [and she] thought the old system of white supremacy was wrong, though she had more or less taken it as normal at the time,” Tyson said.
Donham told the author she “felt tender sorrow” toward Mamie Till-Mobley, who insisted on an open casket to show the world her son’s mutilated body, and she expressed something like regret about her role in his slaying.
“Nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him,” Donham said.
Donham, who retreated back into seclusion, has also written a memoir, “More Than a Wolf Whistle: The Story of Carolyn Bryant Donham,” but it will not be available to scholars until 2038, at her request.
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Never needed a confession from this ? to know what really happened....
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? her honesty and white guilt. -
so unless she gets prosecuted for this....it doesnt really matter does it...the sad thing is ? are looking to financially benefit from this ? ....
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White ? always lying on ? .
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Wouldnt mind seeing her get stomped out
Never wished that on an elderly person b4 but hey, she aint gaf then -
They never cease to amaze me. They're really looking at old ? like she's the victim of something:
“That case went a long way toward ruining her life" really ? ?
Donham told the author she “felt tender sorrow” toward Mamie Till-Mobley so much sorry that you didn't say ? for decades huh.
“Nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him,” Donham said... ? , you happened to him
? this article... ? 's written like somebody is suppose to feel sorry for her and down plays the brutality that her lies led to. We all knew this ? , anyway.
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Her old ass need to spend the rest of her life in prison. If it were a hell, she would be going to it.
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Wouldnt mind seeing her get stomped out
Never wished that on an elderly person b4 but hey, she aint gaf then
? all that. There's a whole bunch of them that need to perish with the quickness. -
I'll only keep interest of her story for when she dies, so I can find her grave and put concrete on it.
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This was just weird. It doesn't really seen like she was sorry for what she did. She more so talked like she was sorry ? was ? up back then as if society made them do what they did.
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I wish I was near this white devil so I could stomp her out like
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? her life and her late ass "confession".. She and the rest of those bottom feeders showed their true colors after the "trial" was over...
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I wish there was a such thing as Hell cuz that where she'd be going
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What a ? ? . She should have the ? beat out of her with her walker.
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We all knew the truth...and she has no remorse for what happened.. gtfoh
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? acts like she wants some forgiveness or sonething. I hope that ? falls down some stairs and twists every joint on her body right now. It would hurt, but she still wouldn't be in as much pain as Emmett before they shot him and dumped him in the river like trash. ? her and her family.
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Donham, who retreated back into seclusion, has also written a memoir, “More Than a Wolf Whistle: The Story of Carolyn Bryant Donham,” but it will not be available to scholars until 2038, at her request.
She making sure shes long gone when her full confession drops...? her eternal soul -
How many times i gotta tell yall about these white women!?
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Evil cave ? ain't remorseful... she never said I'm sorry for lying and causing his torture death. She selling a book off of his name. More than a wolf whistle? The audacity of this ? .
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Who ever buys her book needs to be shot and somebody needs to drop her memoirs now. Making money of My brotha emmitt. ? her. The Money from that book should go to his relatives
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Donham, who retreated back into seclusion, has also written a memoir, “More Than a Wolf Whistle: The Story of Carolyn Bryant Donham,” but it will not be available to scholars until 2038, at her request.
She making sure shes long gone when her full confession drops...? her eternal soul
Her descendants will still be alive -
The temerity of her and her son towards Ed Bradley at the end of this video still ? me off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQC5WJMYaug
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DOJ needs to hit her ass with civil rights charges and throw her ass in a federal prison until she dies.
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The temerity of her and her son towards Ed Bradley at the end of this video still ? me off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQC5WJMYaug
Ed is such a professional. You know he wanted to strangle both of their ?