Mose Wright, Sumner, Mississippi, 1955

Creators

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Source Collection

Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0475.80279_001.002

Description

Mose Wright sits whittling outside the Sumner, Mississippi, court house on September 21, 1955, waiting to testify in the murder trial of his great nephew, Emmett Till. Till was staying at Wright's house when he was kidnapped and later murdered. Wright identified J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant as the men who took Till.

Date Created

6-18-2021

Date

1955-09-21

Recommended Citation

"Mose Wright, Sumner, Mississippi, 1955" (2021). Emmett Till. 11.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar6/11