According to The Associated Press, a group searching for items related to the lynching of a black teenager in 1955 found an unserved arrest warrant for the white woman who made the allegations.
The discovery has renewed calls for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham, who is now 88 years old.
A file folder that had been left in a box was discovered by a person in Mississippi. The form was certified as authentic by the circuit clerk.
The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s was sparked by the murder of Till.
Bryant Donham is the widow of Roy Bryant, who was one of the men acquitted in the case. She wasn't charged in the case. As of May, she was residing in North Carolina.
Roy and Donham Bryant owned Bryant's grocery and meat market in Money, Miss., where they accused Till of making improper advances while he was there.
Bryant and his half-brother tortured and killed the teenager before throwing his body into the river after he was accused.
The cotton-gin fan that weighed down Till's body was found several days after he died.
He had a face that was completely different. At his funeral service in Chicago, Mamie Till-Mobley insisted that her son have an open casket to show what he went through.
Two white men and Donham were charged with the kidnapping of Till.
According to the affidavit found with the warrant, the three individuals kidnapped Emmitt Lewis Tell. The document has 888-492-0TS first and last names that are not spelled correctly.
The two white men who were acquitted of the crime confessed to the murder in a magazine.
The men have died.
According to The New York Times, the discovery of the warrant was a big deal.
He hoped that the authorities would do the job they were supposed to do.
Efforts to press forward on the case have stopped in the past.
The Department of Justice closed the case because there was not enough evidence.
It was difficult for many of them to keep their emotions in check after they found the warrant.
A lot of tears were shed in the room.
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