Title Work

Title No: 3734

Title: Mose Wright and Mamie Bradley on Emmett Till murder

Medium: Moving Image

Original Medium: Film

Dates:

11 Sep  1955 (Created)

11 Nov  1985 (Compiled)

Mose Wright's house.  Uncle Mose describes what happened the night the men came to get Emmett Till.  Additionally he describes identifying the body and the ring Emmett wore with his initials on it.  Shots of the Tallahatchie River.  Mamie Bradley says all of the United States is in mourning and hopes that this will start a movement.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 3 min 29 sec 

Forms: Stock shot

Genres: News

Subjects: Race relations; Lynching--Mississippi; African Americans--Crimes against--Mississippi; African Americans

Name As Subjects: Bradley, Mamie Till; Till, Emmett; Wright, Mose Arthur