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Creator: | Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923- |
Title: | March, Negro, July 29, 1967 |
Date: | 1967 July 29 |
Description: | Demonstration July 29, 1967, Hattiesburg (Miss.), to protest the shooting of Lonnie Charles McGee on July 27 by patrolman Willie McGilvery. Part of activities associated with July-August economic boycott of city buses and businesses. Marchers sing on Forrest County courthouse steps. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
Types: | Black-and-white photographs | StillImage |
Subjects: | Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Courthouses--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Police brutality--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | African Americans--Crimes against--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | African American clergy--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Protest movements--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | United States, Mississippi, Hattiesburg | United States, Mississippi, Forrest County |
Collection: | Moncrief photograph collection |
Institution: | Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
Contributors: | Mississippi. Department of Archives and History |
Original Material: | Moncrief (Winfred) Photograph Collection, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi. |
Related Materials: | Forms part of Moncrief Photograph Collection. |
Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/moncrief/image.php?display=item&item=494 |