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This 1955 file photo shows then former Carolyn Bryant. Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 died April 25 in hospice care in Louisiana, according to a death report filed Thursday, April 27, 2023, in the Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office in Louisiana. She was 88. Photo credit: Gene Herrick, The Associated Press

National

Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies

April 27, 2023
By Emily Wagster Pettus
The Associated Press

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Kia Breaux and her sons John, 17, right, and Jaden, 14, walk the family dog, Lucky, in their Kansas City, Mo., neighborhood, Friday, April 21, 2023. The recent shooting of Black teenager Ralph Yarl by an 84-year-old white man when Yarl mistakenly went to the wrong address in a nearby neighborhood has shaken many Black residents in the predominantly white region of the city. Photo credit: Charlie Riedel, The Associated Press

National

FIRST PERSON: For this Black mom, Ralph Yarl could have been her son

April 25, 2023
By Kia Breaux
The Associated Press

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President Joe Biden meets with Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, left, state Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, second from left, and state Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, right, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 24, 2023, in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris listens third from left. Photo credit: Andrew Harnik, The Associated Press

Politics

Biden thanks ‘Tennessee three’ for standing up

April 25, 2023
By Chris Megerian, Aamer Madhani & Josh Boak
The Associated Press

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Harry Belafonte from the film "Sing Your Song" poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011 in Park City, Utah. Photo credit: Victoria Will, The Associated Press

Arts & culture

Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dead at 96

April 25, 2023
By Hillel Italie
The Associated Press

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Domestic Policy Adviser Susan Rice speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, on the newly announced student loan forgiveness plan. President Joe Biden said Monday, April 24, 2023, that Rice will leave her post next month. As director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Rice had broad sway on the administration's approach to health care, immigration and racial inequality. Photo credit: Susan Walsh, The Associated Press

Politics

Susan Rice, Biden’s top domestic policy adviser, departing

April 24, 2023
By Colleen Long
The Associated Press

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Justin Pearson and his fiancé, Oceana Gillian, arrive at the Shelby County Board of Commissioners building in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. The Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted 7-0 to reinstate Pearson as a state representative. Photo credit: Chris Day, The Commercial Appeal via The Associated Press

Politics

Second expelled Black Democrat reinstated to Tennessee House

April 13, 2023
By Jonathan Mattise and Kimberlee Kruesi
The Associated Press

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