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Emmett Till

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

  • April 27, 2023
  • By Emily Wagster Pettus
  • The Associated Press
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Arts & culture

‘Till’ review: Another well-acted drama honors the memories of Emmett Till and his uncompromising mother

  • October 13, 2022
  • By Richard Roeper
  • The Chicago Sun-Times
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The fall lineup of movies and TV shows demonstrates that Black women are playing more starring roles in front of and behind the cameras, and in the executive offices. Here, actor Niecy Nash-Betts is seen playing Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy, in the new show "The Rookie: Feds." Nash-Betts also is one of the show's executive producers. Photo credit: Raymond Liu/ABC
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More Black women running the show in fall television, movie lineup

  • September 12, 2022
  • By Carla Hay
  • NABJ Black News & Views
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Social Justice

Grand jury declines to indict woman whose accusation led to Emmett Till lynching

  • August 10, 2022
  • By USA Today
  • NABJ Black News & Views
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