Emmett Till's Accuser Admits She Lied

Roland Martin & Tom Joyner speak with the family of Emmett Till. (NewsOneNow/TV1)

The woman who accused Emmett Till of physically and verbally abusing her, which led to his murder, now says she lied about the entire attack.

Carolyn Byant Donham accused Till, who was only 14 years at the time of physically and verbally assaulting her in 1955 in Mississippi.

Donham's then-husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother, J.W. Milam, tortured and murdered Till, but an all-white jury acquitted them of all charges.

The Associated Press reports Donham told Historian Timothy B. Tyson she lied about the attack in an interview with him in 2007.
His book, "The Blood of Emmett Till" comes out next week.

Link to Emmett Till's story: http://kirktanter.blogspot.com/2010/10/emmitt-till-remembered.html