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

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

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McMahon, (William) Franklin (1921-2012) / American

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Chicago History Museum, USA

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ink and wash on paper

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1955 AD (C20th AD)

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19.4 x 25.3 inch cms

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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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