Emmett Till's Burial

Surrounded by family members and other mourners, Emmett Till's mother Mamie Till (formerly Bradley, later Mobley, 1921 - 2003) weeps next to her mother, Alma Spearman (arm upraised), at the burial of her son as his casket is lowered into the ground 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) weeps next to her mother, Alma Spearman (arm upraised), at the burial of her son as his casket is lowered into the ground 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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September 06, 1955
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