Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman who falsely accused Emmett Till of improper advances in 1955, has passed away in hospice care in Louisiana. Her accusation sparked a national outcry and helped to galvanize the Civil Rights Movement. The Department of Justice has been investigating the case as a possible hate crime, and Donham's death marks the end of a chapter in this story.
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A relative of Emmett Till has filed a federal lawsuit against Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks to compel him to serve an arrest warrant from 1955 on Carolyn Bryant Donham for her role in Till's death. The warrant was issued shortly after Till's fateful encounter with Bryant and the lawsuit seeks to bring justice to the Till family and attention to the fact that the warrant was never served. The family hopes that the lawsuit will bring closure to the case and help ensure that similar tragedies never happen again.