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Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 83 years old today.
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At just 14, two white men kidnapped and brutally murdered him through mutilation for 'whistling' at a white woman.
decades later, Carolyn Bryant admitted to lying that Emmett Till made a pass at her.
On 28th August 1955, Emmett Till, 14, was kidnapped and brutally murdered for 'whistling' at a white woman.
His killers, Roy Bryant and his half-brother, J.W. Milam, allegedly saw Till whistle at a white women at a gas station.
Emmett’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley called Chicago Defender, one of the country’s leading black newspaper, and Jet magazine to cover the story. Mamie decided to have an open casket funeral. That decision changed history.
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2 years ago, the original arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant, was found in the basement of a Mississippi courthouse. Emmett’s relatives wanted authorities to finally arrest her.
In April 2023, Carolyn Bryant Donham died at 89.