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Till boy's funeral, Burr Oaks Cemetary [sic]

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Dave Mann

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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.
Type:
Image
Format:
Silver And Photographic Gelatin On Photographic Paper
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lauren and Michael Lee
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National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. African American
  2. African Americans
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Cvil Rights
  5. Funeral Customs And Rites
  6. Funeral Rites And Ceremonies
  7. Hate Crimes
  8. Mann, Dave
  9. Spearman, Alma
  10. Till Mobley, Mamie
  11. Till, Emmett
  12. U.S. History, 1953 1961

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