Emmett Till's Burial

Surrounded by family members and other mourners, Emmett Till's mother Mamie Till (formerly Bradley, later Mobley, 1921 - 2003) (center) weeps during her son's burial service at Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois, September 6, 1955. Till, a 14-year-old Black child, was brutally murdered and lynched by two white men, Roy Bryant and JW Milam, in a racist attack. (Photo by Chicago Sun-Times Collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)
Surrounded by family members and other mourners, Emmett Till's mother Mamie Till (formerly Bradley, later Mobley, 1921 - 2003) (center) weeps during her son's burial service at Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois, September 6, 1955. Till, a 14-year-old Black child, was brutally murdered and lynched by two white men, Roy Bryant and JW Milam, in a racist attack. (Photo by Chicago Sun-Times Collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)
Emmett Till's Burial
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Chicago History Museum / Contributor
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September 06, 1955
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