<I>Till boy's funeral, Burr Oaks Cemetary [sic]</I>
date: label: Date
content: September 6, 1955
name: label: Photograph by
content: Dave Mann, American, 1903 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Emmett Till, American, 1941 - 1955
label: Subject of
content: Mamie Till-Mobley, American, 1921 - 2003
label: Subject of
content: Alma Spearman, American, 1902 - 1981
notes: label: Description
content: Black-and-white image of seven individuals during outdoor funeral service; features two women dressed in black prominently in the foreground. The woman on the right has her left hand raised. There are multiple inscriptions on the back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lauren and Michael Lee
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.92
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 8 15/16 × 9 1/16 in. (22.7 × 23 cm)