![]() ![]() Published: 23:19 BST, 14 July 2022 | Updated: 15:48 BST, 15 July 2022Ī white woman blamed for the racist lynching of Emmett Till claimed she is a victim in her leaked autobiography - while also asserting that she lied to try and protect the black teenager from his terrible fate. I am truly sorry for the pain his family was caused'īy Alex Hammer For Dailymail.Com and Associated Press 'I have always prayed that God would bless Emmett's family.'I did not wish Emmett any harm and could not stop harm from coming to him, since I didn't know what was planned for him,' she said in the unpublished piece.However, in a leaked 99-page manuscript, Donham now insists that she 'always felt like a victim as well as Emmett' and 'paid dearly with an altered life'.Now 87, Donham was just 21 at the time of the murder - and has since maintained her innocence. ![]() ![]() The slaying helped kickstart the Civil Rights movement in the US, with the case gaining prominence after a magazine published a photo of Till's mangled corpse.The claims come from an unpublished work penned by Carolyn Bryant Donham, whose assertions Till catcalled her in Mississippi, in 1955 saw him lynched.White woman, 87, blamed for death of Emmett Till says she is a VICTIM in her newly-leaked autobiography and claims she tried to STOP her husband's lynch-mob from killing the teen ![]()
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