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Mose Wright testifying, 1955 (ink and wash on paper)

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CHH466915
Image title
Mose Wright testifying, 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
19.4 x 25.3 inch cms
Image description

In 1955 Chicago teenager Emmett Till was lynched while visiting relatives near Money, Mississippi; McMahon's collection visually documents the trial of the two men accused of murdering Till; Moses Wright (1892-1977) was Emmett Till's great-uncle; He identified the accused, J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant, as the men who had come to his home of the morning of August 28 1955 and kidnapped Emmett Till;

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© Chicago History Museum / Bridgeman Images
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african american / identify / courtroom illustration / murder trial / racial / drawing / civil rights movement / great-uncle / identifying / emmett till / courtroom / race / witness / mose wright / reportage / Drawing / Mzdrawing
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