<I>Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Simeon Wright</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2009; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., American, born 1939
label: Subject of
content: Simeon Wright, American, 1942 - 2017
label: Subject of
content: Emmett Till, American, 1941 - 1955
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Simeon Wright, cousins of Emmett Till, by Platon. Parker and Wright are depicted on the left side of the photograph, standing next to a parked railroad caboose. Both men are shown from the legs up, looking at the viewer, and wearing serious expressions on their faces. Parker stands on the left with his fingers laced together and held at waist level. He is wearing a medium tone suit, a black dress shirt, a dark pocket square, and a square patterned tie. He is also wearing a medium tone Stetson hat with a black band. Wright stands on the right with his proper right arm linked through Parker’s proper left arm and his other hand resting behind his back. He is wearing a light tone suit, a white dress shirt, a light tone pocket square, and a light tone patterned tie. He is also wearing a medium tone Stetson hat with a light band. On the right side of the photograph are empty train tracks and a partially visible caboose of a train. There is illegible stenciled text and graffiti on the long side of the caboose and additional stenciled text on the visible short end. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.33.9
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Platon
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 14 15/16 × 21 7/16 in. (37.9 × 54.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)