February 12, 2014
Simeon Wright seen here with a picture of his book tittled Simeon's Story: An Eyewitness Acount of the Kinapping of Emmett Till.
Stories this photo appears in:
A First-Hand Account of Events Leading to the Murder of Emmett Till
The story of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old African American youth from Chicago who was murdered Aug. 1955 while visiting with relatives in Money, Miss., is one that for years haunted his family and the entire African American community and, some would say, helped galvanize the Civil Rights Movement.