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Emmett Till's relatives want his accuser to be prosecuted in his 1955 kidnapping

Carolyn Bryant, who set off the lynching of Emmett Till by accusing the Black teen of improper advances in 1955, rests her head on her husband Roy Bryant's shoulder on Sept. 22, 1955, after she testified in the Emmett Till murder court case in Sumner, Miss. Today, relatives of Emmett Till and activists want authorities to launch a kidnapping prosecution against Carolyn Bryant. (AP Photo)
Carolyn Bryant, who set off the lynching of Emmett Till by accusing the Black teen of improper advances in 1955, rests her head on her husband Roy Bryant's shoulder on Sept. 22, 1955, after she testified in the Emmett Till murder court case in Sumner, Miss. Today, relatives of Emmett Till and activists want authorities to launch a kidnapping prosecution against Carolyn Bryant. (AP Photo)

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