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Willie Reed on witness stand, 1955 (ink and wash on paper)

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CHH466887
Image title
Willie Reed on witness stand, 1955 (ink and wash on paper)
Artist
McMahon, (William) Franklin (1921-2012) / American
Location
Chicago History Museum, USA
Medium
ink and wash on paper
Date
1955 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
7.9 x 6.8 inches cms
Image description

In 1955 Chicago teenager Emmett Till (1941-1955) was lynched while visiting relatives near Money, Mississippi; McMahon's collection visually documents the trial of the two men accussed of Till's murder; Willie Reed (1937- ) was a suprise witness at the trial where he testified that he had heard beating and yelling coming from a tool shed on a plantation managed by Leslie Milam, the brother of defendant J.W. Milam;

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© Chicago History Museum / Bridgeman Images
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boy / child / african american / courtroom illustration / witness stand / murder trial / racial / drawing / civil rights movement / emmett till / lynching / sketch / half-length / portrait / racist / male / documentation / race / witness / willie reed / reportage / Drawing / Mzdrawing
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