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ck4829

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2. "Near the end of her life" Not quite. Carolyn Bryant Donham, that's her, is still very much alive

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Thu May 27, 2021, 07:15 AM

May 2021

https://www.google.com/search?q=+Carolyn+Bryant+Donham&biw=1600&bih=786&ei=cn2vYLaCOcL0tAbpzamwBQ&oq=+Carolyn+Bryant+Donham

There are no records of her dying.

As for why? She's changed her story so many times and that is BEFORE any possibility of senility.

She said he whistled at her.

She said he tried to flirt with her.

She said he said something horrible to her.

She said all that is false though.

She's a horrible human being and her words got an innocent young man murdered.

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Emmet Till's accuser [View all] Nexus2 May 2021 OP

We can never know her motivation with certainty EYESORE 9001 May 2021 #1

"Near the end of her life" Not quite. Carolyn Bryant Donham, that's her, is still very much alive ck4829 May 2021 #2

My apology. it was quick and clumsy choice of phrase. Blame it on hasty typing? [nt] Nexus2 May 2021 #7

Oh no you're fine. You'd think she'd be dead, I thought so too for a long time, but no. ck4829 May 2021 #11

THIS malaise May 2021 #12

Hell is waiting for her SallyHemmings May 2021 #3

Racism. This type of thing was common back then JI7 May 2021 #4

I was more wondering what the specific tripper incident may have been. Nexus2 May 2021 #8

According to Wikipedia, she was not the original source of the "complaint" LeftInTX May 2021 #9

Ah, ok, that was what I was wondering, thanks. Nexus2 May 2021 #13

I am not sure why you are trying to come up with some excuse for her like it was an SweetieD May 2021 #16

Her husband was recognized as a terrible bully and was abusive towards her. He was the "ring" leader marble falls May 2021 #5

Her Husband Caught Her Doing Something He Thought She Should Not Be Doing? erpowers May 2021 #6

OG Karen /nt tonedevil May 2021 #10

She probably didn't want a black kid in her store Polybius May 2021 #14

It doesn't matter why. and she should have been charged with being an accomplice. SweetieD May 2021 #15