Keisha N. Blain

  • (Original Caption) Mother of “Whistle” Murder Victim Meets the Press. Sumner, Mississippi: Mrs. Mamie Bradley, mother of Emmett Louis Till, the 14 year old Negro boy for whose murder two white men are on trial at Sumner, is shown talking to reporters after her appearance at the trial today caused so much furor that a recess was called. Mrs. Bradley flew from Chicago to be present at the trial of Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, who are accused of killing her son because he “wolf whistled” at Bryant’s wife.Commentary

    We need to retell U.S. history with Black people at the center

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