New book spurs call for fresh probe of Emmett Till lynching

The horrific 1955 Mississippi slaying of Emmett Till, which helped trigger the modern civil rights movement, should be re-investigated now that a key witness is quoted as saying she lied about what the black teen said and did before he was lynched, Till’s relatives say.



[...] was later beaten and shot, and his mutilated body was found weighted down with a cotton gin fan in the Tallahatchie River.

A new book by author and historian Timothy Tyson says Donham told him a decade ago in an interview that she wasn’t telling the truth with her claims of sexual advances.



[...] s body was found in Tallahatchie County, where District Attorney John Champion said his office isn’t investigating.