Museum object · gelatin silver prints
Mamie Bradley speaking to anti-lynching rally after acquittal of men accused of killing her son, Emmett Till, Harlem, NY
1955
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white photograph of Mamie Bradley, mother of Emmett Till, standing above a large crowd with her right arm extended. The Food Family Supermarket appears in the background.
- Catalog date
- 1955
- Recorded places
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Civil Rights; Photography; U.S. History, 1953-1961
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2012.107.40
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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