Woman at center of Till case sticks to state’s playbook

Carolyn Bryant Donham’s error-filled attempt to absolve herself of guilt in the 1955 kidnapping and brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till should come as little shock to those who have followed this story for years.

Extending Medicaid To New Mothers Would Show Mississippi’s Commitment To Life And Families

Emily*, 25, and her husband, Rick, are expecting their first child in a few weeks, after having lost previous pregnancies. But rather than this being the most exciting time in their lives, the Forrest County couple is stressed and scared because Emily is unable to receive prenatal care.

Watchdogs and racing against time

CLINTON, Miss. – Reading bookends my days. I start the morning with newspapers, including this one (News Journal), and turn in for the night with a book.

Carolyn Bryant lied about Emmett Till. Did author Tim Tyson lie, too?

The Justice Department has closed the books on the lynching of Emmett Till, whose face — young and unblemished, then swollen and monstrous — has come to symbolize the unpunished killings of Black Americans.

Whatever hope there was for justice was dashed this week when the department pinned the blame on its inability to confirm a book’s explosive 2017 claim that the White woman at the center of the case recanted her story about Till’s actions that fateful day in Money, Mississippi.