Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Simeon Wright

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A black-and-white photograph of Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Simeon Wright, cousins of Emmett Till, by Platon. Parker and Wright are depicted on the left side of the photograph, standing next to a parked railroad caboose. Both men are shown from the legs up, looking at the viewer, and wearing serious expressions on their faces. Parker stands on the left with his fingers laced together and held at waist level. He is wearing a medium tone suit, a black dress shirt, a dark pocket square, and a square patterned tie. He is also wearing a medium tone Stetson hat with a black band. Wright stands on the right with his proper right arm linked through Parker’s proper left arm and his other hand resting behind his back. He is wearing a light tone suit, a white dress shirt, a light tone pocket square, and a light tone patterned tie.

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