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This undated photo shows Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old black Chicago boy, who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 1955 after he allegedly whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi helped inspire the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. (AP Photo, File)

Author of Emmett Till book gave FBI interview recordings

By Jay Reeves and Allen G. Breed - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo shows Emmett Louis Till from Chicago. Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam were accused of kidnapping, torturing and murdering Till for allegedly whistling at Bryant's wife. The men were later acquitted. Relatives of Till want a new investigation of his 1955 Mississippi slaying following a recent revelation that a key witness, Bryant's wife, known now as Carolyn Donham, may have lied. A new book by Duke University scholar Timothy Tyson quotes Donham as saying she wasn’t telling the truth more than six decades ago when she claimed Till grabbed her and made suggestive comments. (Courtesy of the family of Emmett Till via AP, File)

New book spurs call for fresh probe of Emmett Till lynching

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

In this May 4, 2005, file photo, Emmett Till's photo is seen on his grave marker in Alsip, Ill. (Robert A. Davis/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) ** FILE **

Key Till witness gave false testimony, historian says

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

In this Sept. 6, 1955 file photo, Mamie Till Mobley weeps at her son's funeral in Chicago. The woman at the center of the trial of Emmett Till's alleged killers has acknowledged that she falsely testified he made physical and verbal threats, according to a new book. Historian Timothy B. Tyson told The Associated Press on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, that Carolyn Donham broke her long public silence in an interview with him in 2008. (AP Photo/Chicago Sun-Times) /Chicago Sun-Times via AP) **FILE**

Key Emmett Till witness gave false testimony in court, historian says

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press