with me is the author, timothy tyson, research scholar at duke university and gloria brown marshall, ou, do you believe the new evidence is, in fact, from your book? and tell us about the interview. >> the most important thing to remember about emmett till case is not the crucifixion of a small black child in mississippi in 1955, but the resurrection that his mother and her allies in chicago were able to ring from this, this ongoing movement that they so transformed with their energy and courage and brilliance. and, you know, the virtue or lack thereof of caroline bryant seems a matter -- minor matter to a historian, but i understand people's interest in it. >> can you fill us in on the details, the circumstances of what led up to you getting this information, this new information? >> i got a call from a nice woman in raleigh, who said she liked my previous book and had given it to her mother-in-law and they'd like to have a coffee with me, and said you might know my mother-in-law, she's caroline bryant. i know she hadn't given an interview since 1955, no scholar, no journalist had be

last year, timothy tyson's book "the blood of emmett till" had this revelation: carolyn bryant admitted she lied about her interaction with emmet till, saying the teenager never "grabbed her around the waist or uttered obscenities" as she had testified at trial. bryant added, "nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him." tyson spoke with jeffrey brown about this revelation last year: >> iertainly never thought s was telling the truth at trial. she's been in hiding almost for all these 60-somyears. it was her husband who did the killing and her brother-in-law. it's not clear what role she had inhat. >> brangham: in a letter to congress, the department of justice said it was reopeningin thstigation into till's murder "based on the discovery of new information," but it didn't specify what that information was, or who might be the subject of their inquiry. both of the admitted killers have since died. joining me now is democraticna r doug jones of alabama. in his earlier life, jones successfully prosecuted another famous decades-old civil rights case. he convicted two memb

. >> reporter: in his book, timothy tyson revealed that carolyn bryant, who testified that emmet whistled at her, admitted it was a lie. >> she said that nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him. >> reporter: bryant's husband and brother-in-law were charged and acquitted back in 1955 by an all-white jury. later they confessed to a reporter knowing they couldn't be retried. both are now dead. emmet's cousin who was with him the night he was kidnapped told me last year the family wanted the case reopened. >>> can you forgive? >> oh, yes, i can't afford hate. hate is for the hater. i can't carry that. >> reporter: regardless of whether charges are ever filed, the new investigation means emmett till has not been forgotten. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >> we'll take a short break here and still ahead, vacation horror. an american tourist celebrating the first wedding anniversary in mexico when tragedy struck. >>> also the toy store that led to truly unbearable lines. >>> we're back now with some fresh concerns about summer vacations south of the border after an america

. >> reporter: in his book timothy tyson revealed carolyn bryant, who testified that emmett whistledher, admitted it was a lie. >> she said that nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him. >> reporter: bryant's husband and brother-in-law were charged and acquitted in 1955 by an all-white later they confessed to a reporter knowing they couldn't be retried. both are now dead. c emmet'sousin who was with him the night he was kidnapped told me last yea the family wanted the case reopened. >>> can you forgive? >> oh, yeah, i can't a tord to hate. hate destroys a hater. i can't carry that. es reporter: regar of whether charges are ever filed, the new investigation means emmett till has not been forgotten. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. nd told... (harmonica interrupts) ...and told people about geico... (harmonica interrupts) how they could save 15% or more by...mo (harnica interrupts) ...by just calling or going online to geico.com. (harmonica interrupts) (sighs and chuckles) sorry, are you gonna... (harmonica interrupts) everytime. geico. 15 minutes could save you 15%

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. >> timothy tyson, e scholar who wrote the book ability emmett till and who we just heard from with an old interview from jeffrey brown gave a press conference where he said the announcement of this inquiry was politically motivated basicly to cr up what he described as the trump administration's disgustingtiacial po. do you think that's fair? >> no, i really don't think that's fair. the civil rights division has been looking at this case as well as many others fo, again, as i said, since at least 1997, when i wase united states attorney, and it's been other admitustrations. i ly heard that same kind of response about the george w. bush administration 15, 16 years ago,hen they al took a look at this. you know, the thing is -- and can certainly understand why people would say that the fact of the matter is, this is still a murder case. it was still a heinous case that was never solved, and the two perpetrators died. if we can bring any kind of closer, if we can bring any kind of healiin or anyof prosecution, and i think we ought to give it our best shot regardless of what the motbeiv

against hill is still alive she is said to have recanted her story in an interview with historian timothy tyson for his book the blood of emmett till dunham said her sworn testimony that till grabbed her and made sexually suggestive comments was not true nothing that boyd did could ever have justified what happened to him she said according to tyson's book the f.b.i. contacted me in the spring of twenty seventeen i shared with him my research materials soon thereafter i got a subpoena from the justice department and shared my research materials beauchamp says don i'm now in her eighty's should be prosecuted but i have to ask everyone all we willing to let. justice takes take its rightful course in this case if she is guilty she should do the tuck in march the justice department informed congress the case had been reopened the associated press first reported on it on july twelfth the department did not disclose any details some of emmett till's relatives say they have been kept informed about the investigation a cousin of the fourteen year old boy killed so long ago said we just hope that justic