President Joe Biden is set to commemorate the legacy of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, by establishing a new national monument. The monument, named The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, will be centered in Illinois and Mississippi, where Till’s life was tragically cut short and where his mother’s activism catalyzed the […]
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Carolyn Bryant Donham, whose false accusations led to the brutal murder of Emmett Till, has passed away. Donham, a White woman, had falsely accused the Black teen of making sexual advances toward her, which ultimately resulted in his horrific lynching. Emmet Till’s False Accuser Dead At 88 Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman whose accusation led […]
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Earlier this week, it was announced that Carolyn Bryant Donham had died. While the name may not mean a lot to many, she is better known as the woman who caused Emmett Till’s murder in 1955. It was Bryant who claimed that the 14-year-old Till had made sexual advances toward her. This led to her husband and his friend abducting and lynching Till.
Bryant’s fame grew as she famously testified on Till’s advances in the subsequent murder trial. An all-white jury acquitted Roy Bryant and J.W. Millam. However, the two men later confessed to the murder in a 1956 magazine interview. Bryant’s name lived on among civil rights groups as a stark example of the power wielded by white women toward people of color. Bryant died of cancer earlier this week aged 88.
DAT BITCH JUST DIED WHO MESSED OVER EMMITT TILL
IM BOUT TO ROLL THIS BITCH N DA PACK LOL
— Boosie BadAzz (@BOOSIEOFFICIAL) April 27, 2023
Among the many celebrations of Bryant’s death, few stood out more than Boosie‘s. The outspoken rapper has been nailing the Twitter game as of late. During the NCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship, he was heard dubbing freshman Flau’jae Johnson the “LSU Ice Spice“. He also reacted to the death of Jerry Springer with the proclamation, “IM GOING TO @jerryspringer FUNERAL THAT WAS MY GUY WHEN IS IT”. Safe to say that despite Twitter being a complete mess to use, it’s worth it just for Bossie’s shenanigans. But also, just a really weird day for celebrity deaths.
In response to the death of Bryant, Boosie once more took to Twitter. “DAT BITCH JUST DIED WHO MESSED OVER EMMITT TILL IM BOUT TO ROLL THIS BITCH N DA PACK LOL” read Boosie’s tweet, that now has over 27,000 likes. Boosie refers to the practice of naming a joint after a deceased rival or enemy so that you can say that you “smoked” them. Boosie also has you covered if you’re not a weed smoker. Last year, Boosie launched his “Black Bayou” vape cartridges, which we’re sure he would view as a reasonable replacement. However, Boosie was not the only person going off about Bryant’s death. Social media is full of hilarious responses to her passing.
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On August 28 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered in Sunflower County, Mississippi. His killers, Roy Bryant and J.W. Millam, lynched Till because Bryant’s wife Carolyn had claimed Till had made sexual advances towards her.
The case was a flashpoint in the civil rights movement, especially after Bryant and Millam were acquitted by a jury. They later sold their confession to a magazine under double jeopardy protection. Till’s lynching has gone down in history as a stark example of the vile way that Black individuals were treated in the Southern United States during the Jim Crow era. However, in a bitter reminder that racial injustice is still alive and well today, memorials to Till have often been defaced and destroyed.
Carolyn Bryant’s allegations towards Emmett Till are what led to his murder. According to Bryant, who was 21 in 1955, Till wolf-whistled at her from outside the grocery store she and her husband owned. During her husband’s murder trial, Bryant also alleged that Till had entered the store and made sexual advances toward her. However, historian Timothy Tyson claims that Bryant said in a 2008 interview with him that her testimony in the 1955 trial was false. This claim has been corroborated by Till’s cousin and other witnesses. Roy Bryant found out about the alleged harassment from a friend who spent time at the store. Carolyn claimed not to have told him because she was afraid that he would assault Till.
Bryant and Millam were found not guilty of the murder of Emmett Till in 1955. However, they would confess to the murder in a magazine interview in 1956. In 2022, an unserved warrant for Carolyn Bryant was found by the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation. Furthermore, Bryant’s autobiography, I Am More Than A Wolf Whistle, was leaked to news outlets in 2022. It had been given to the University of North Carolina to release in 2036. Outlets are now reporting that Bryant, now Carolyn Bryant Donham, has died at the age of 88. There’s little to say about the woman, other than she caused the death of a 14-year-old boy. May God have mercy on her soul, because it will find little mercy left on this mortal coil.
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A grand jury decided not to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham. Byrant will likely never be prosecuted for her role in Emmett Till’s death. Declined In Leflore County, Mississippi, a grand jury decided not to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham. The decision came after an unserved arrest warrant for Donham was discovered in the basement of the […]
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A grand jury decided not to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham. Byrant will likely never be prosecuted for her role in Emmett Till’s death. Declined In Leflore County, Mississippi, a grand jury decided not to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham. The decision came after an unserved arrest warrant for Donham was discovered in the basement of the […]
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A grand jury decided not to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham. Byrant will likely never be prosecuted for her role in Emmett Till’s death. Declined In Leflore County, Mississippi, a grand jury decided not to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham. The decision came after an unserved arrest warrant for Donham was discovered in the basement of the […]
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A grand jury decided not to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham. Byrant will likely never be prosecuted for her role in Emmett Till’s death. Declined In Leflore County, Mississippi, a grand jury decided not to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham. The decision came after an unserved arrest warrant for Donham was discovered in the basement of the […]
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A grand jury decided not to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham. Byrant will likely never be prosecuted for her role in Emmett Till’s death. Declined In Leflore County, Mississippi, a grand jury decided not to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham. The decision came after an unserved arrest warrant for Donham was discovered in the basement of the […]
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A grand jury decided not to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham. Byrant will likely never be prosecuted for her role in Emmett Till’s death. Declined In Leflore County, Mississippi, a grand jury decided not to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham. The decision came after an unserved arrest warrant for Donham was discovered in the basement of the […]
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