- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Reverend Parker, Wheeler Jr., American, born 1939
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Till, Emmett, American, 1941 - 1955
- Till-Mobley, Mamie, American, 1921 - 2003
- Date
- May 23, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 1 hr., 7 min., 9 sec.
- Total: 113 GB
- Description
- The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.11.1a, 2011.174.11.1b, 2011.174.11.1c, 2011.174.11.1d, 2011.174.11.1e, and 2011.174.11.1f.
- Wheeler Parker, Jr., discusses his visit to Mississippi with his cousin, Emmett Till. He recalls the incident at Bryant's store and the night that Till was kidnapped, and Till's funeral in Chicago. He remembers how the murder and publicity affected his family, the reopening of the case in 2004, and efforts to memorialize Till.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0011
- Place collected
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- American South
- Civil rights
- Funeral customs and rites
- Hate crimes
- Law
- Race discrimination
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.11.1a-f
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.