Wheeler Parker Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History
Wheeler Parker Oral History Interview: Date: May 23, 2011. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., American, born 1939.
The object in the museum catalogue
The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.11.1a, 2011.174.11.1b, 2011.174.11.1c, 2011.174.11.1d, 2011.174.11.1e, and 2011.174.11.1f.
Wheeler Parker, Jr., discusses his visit to Mississippi with his cousin, Emmett Till. He recalls the incident at Bryant's store and the night that Till was kidnapped, and Till's funeral in Chicago. He remembers how the murder and publicity affected his family, the reopening of the case in 2004, and efforts to memorialize Till.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: May 23, 2011
- Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of: Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., American, born 1939
- Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
- Subject of: Emmett Till, American, 1941 - 1955
- Subject of: Mamie Till-Mobley, American, 1921 - 2003
- Type: video recordings
- Type: oral histories
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 7 min., 9 sec.
- Dimensions: Total: 113 GB
- Place collected: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Funeral customs and rites
- Topic: Hate crimes
- Topic: Law
- Topic: Race discrimination
- Topic: U.S. History, 1953-1961
- Object number: 2011.174.11.1a-f
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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