Crowd outside Rayner funeral home where Emmett Till's casket is kept

ST-17600664

Title: Crowd outside Rayner funeral home where Emmett Till's casket is kept Description: Large crowd waits outside the A. A. Rayner funeral home where the casket of Emmett Till is kept prior to his funeral, 4141 Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Till, a 14-year-old Black child, was brutally murdered and lynched by two white men, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, in a racist attack. Date Depicted: 1955 September 2 Creator: Chicago Sun-Times Creator Role: photographer Physical Format: black-and-white negatives Copyright Notice: © Chicago Sun-Times Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Credit Line: ST-17600664, Chicago Sun-Times Collection, Chicago History Museum Storage Location: P&P: Chicago Sun-Times collection, digital image only (no associated collection materials) Max Pixels - Width: 10823 Max Pixels - Height: 8599 Help improve this content