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Mose Wright and a courtroom clerk, 1955 (pencil on paper)

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CHH466884
Image title
Mose Wright and a courtroom clerk, 1955 (pencil on paper)
Artist
McMahon, (William) Franklin (1921-2012) / American
Location
Chicago History Museum, USA
Medium
pencil on paper
Date
1955 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
6 x 9 inches cms
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In 1955 Chicago teenager Emmett Till (1941-1955) was lynched while visiting relative near Money, Mississippi; McMahon's collection visually documents the trial of the two men accused of murdering Till; Moses Wright (1892-1977) was the great-uncle of Emmett Till who identified J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant in court as the men who kidnapped Emmett Till on the morning of August 28 1955; There are drawings on both sides of this sheet of paper;

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© Chicago History Museum / Bridgeman Images
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african american / courtroom illustration / murder trial / racial / drawing / civil rights movement / working sketch / emmett till / lynching / uncle / pointing / race / witness / accusing / courtroom clerk / mose wright / reportage / Drawing / Mzdrawing
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