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Carolyn Bryant said she tried to help Emmett Till, memoir says

Family member of Till continues to call for justice

Carolyn Bryant said she tried to help Emmett Till, memoir says

Family member of Till continues to call for justice

*** 99 page memoir recently obtained by the Associated Press written by Carolyn Bryant Don um details in the memoir titled I am more than *** wolf whistle claiming that in money Mississippi back in 1955 when her husband and brother in law brought till before her, she was trying to protect him by telling them he was not till the two men went after till for allegedly whistling at Don. Um in that manuscript, I think further just proves that she was involved. Whether she denied that she identified Emit or not, she had some involvement. Carolyn Bryant is not *** victim. Carolyn Bryant was not afraid uh Emmett was afraid. Deborah Watts is the cousin of Emmett till also serving as the co founder and executive director of the Emmett till Legacy Foundation. She says the family remains consistent in seeking justice. She's culpable and she's an accessory to what happened to Emmett and it's unfortunate that no one has held her accountable for her role and we want that to happen. And just last month, an unserved warrant for Donna was found in the Leflore County Courthouse in Greenwood Mississippi charging her with Hill's kidnapping. Watts tells me the hope is to still hear from her beyond the pages of the memoir, we deserve to actually hear her voice and not just read *** book or she has *** story to tell. She has some admissions that she needs to be to say that in front of *** judge, she needs to have that warrant served for her arrest and and go through the appropriate process that anyone that has not been held accountable for their act in the kidnapping and lynching of Emmett till and in the meantime, the family says that they're anxiously waiting to hear from both Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks and the D. ***. Of the Fourth Circuit Court District, Dwayne Richardson on issuing that arrest warrant live in studio cara Peters 16 w. ***. P. T. News.
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Carolyn Bryant said she tried to help Emmett Till, memoir says

Family member of Till continues to call for justice

The woman at the center of the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi, denies wanting him killed. The claim comes in a memoir by Carolyn Bryant Donham that was obtained by The Associated Press. In the 99-page manuscript, Donham said she attempted to help Till once he had been located by her husband and brother-in-law and brought to her for identification. She said she denied that the youth was Till because she did not want any harm to him. The AP obtained the memoir from a historian. An unserved arrest warrant charging Donham in Till's abduction was recently found in a Mississippi courthouse basement.The family of Till continues to call for justice after Till's kidnapping, torture and lynching.

The woman at the center of the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi, denies wanting him killed.

The claim comes in a memoir by Carolyn Bryant Donham that was obtained by The Associated Press.

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In the 99-page manuscript, Donham said she attempted to help Till once he had been located by her husband and brother-in-law and brought to her for identification.

She said she denied that the youth was Till because she did not want any harm to him.

The AP obtained the memoir from a historian.

An unserved arrest warrant charging Donham in Till's abduction was recently found in a Mississippi courthouse basement.

The family of Till continues to call for justice after Till's kidnapping, torture and lynching.