- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Simeon Wright oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Chicago, Illinois, 2011-05-23
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Mosnier, Joseph
Wright, Simeon, 1942- - Date of Original:
- 2011-05-23
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
Lynching--Mississippi
Trials (Murder)--Mississippi - People:
- Parker, Wheeler, 1939-
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
Till-Mobley, Mamie, 1921-2003 - Location:
- United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
transcripts
moving images - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- image/gif
image/jpeg
image/jp2
image/tiff
text/xml
application/pdf - Description:
- Simeon Wright discusses his cousin, Emmett Till, and his attempts to correct the historical record concerning Till's murder. He recalls Till's visit to his home in Mississippi, going to Bryant's store, and the night that Till was kidnapped. He remembers the trial, moving to Chicago, and how the murder and publicity affected his family.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0010/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 video files of 4 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (91 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (48 pages)
application/x-video
image/jpg - Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights:
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