A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman whose accusations led to the infamous 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till.
After more than seven hours of hearing testimony from investigators and witnesses, a Leflore County grand jury found there was insufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham on charges of kidnapping and manslaughter.
In June, a group searching the basement of the Leflore County Courthouse discovered an unserved arrest warrant charging Donham, then-husband Roy Bryant, and brother-in-law J.W. Milam in Till’s 1955 abduction. The men were arrested and acquitted on murder charges in Till’s murder. But, Donham was never taken into custody.
The men later confessed to the crime in a magazine interview but weren’t retried.
Both are now dead.
John C. Barnett, National Civil Rights Activist spoke with Roland Martin during Tuesday’s edition of #RolandMartinUnfiltered about the grand jury’s decision to not indict Donham.
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