Images of the mutilated body of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American boy who was lynched in 1955, at his funeral also were published inJET magazineand later in other Black-owned newspapers. The horrific proof of racism is said to have animated the Civil Rights movement. In more re...
National Museum of American History through November 27, 2011. It examines the work of Maurice Berger, a professor at the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, on the exhibition. The murder of African American Emmett Till in Mississippi in...
Since the beginning of the war, Union officers in the field saw the need for trained black troops. Early attempts to recruit had met with poor results and had little initial support from Lincoln’s White House. But finally, with Port Royal, a new more coordinated effort was to be made. ...
It examines the work of Maurice Berger, a professor at the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, on the exhibition. The murder of African American Emmett Till in Mississippi in 1955 i...
Neely Tucker
This haunting picture of Emmett Till’s mutilated body was seared into the minds of many as anenduring image of the racist violence of the era– and many linked the publication of the image to helping galvanize Americans to join in the Civil Rights movement. ...