The Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., Emmett Till’s cousin and best friend, was with Till in Mississippi and in the room when he was abducted.
Till’s kidnapping and lynching in 1955 became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. But when it was announced Thursday that the woman whose accusations led to Till’s slaying had died, Parker extended grace.
Donham — a white woman who accused Till, a Black teenager from Chicago, of wolf-whistling at her before he was lynched in Mississippi —Till traveled from Chicago to visit relatives in Mississippi in August 1955. Donham — then named Carolyn Bryant — accused him of wolf-whistling at her in a grocery store.Evidence indicates Donham identified Till to her then-husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother, J.W. Milam. The two men then kidnapped, tortured and shot him in the head.
Donham has received renewed attention in the years since Till was lynched, including investigations conducted by the Justice Department and FBI. The failures of the justice system in 1955 were deliberate attempts to deny any kind of accountability for what happened to Till, Benson said.
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