United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997Peppler, Jim1966-06The doctor, a member of the Medical Committee for Human Rights, is wearing a sign on his back that reads, "Doctor M.C.H.R." Meredith began the march on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, but was injured by gunshots shortly after setting out. He was not able to rejoin the march until June 25, the day before it ended in Jackson, Mississippi. The event was covered in the issues of The Southern Courier for June 11-12, June 18-19, June 25-26, and July 2-3, 1966, which are available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No24_1966_06_11.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No25_1966_06_18.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No26_1966_06_25.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No27_1966_07_02.pdfimage/jpegQ16706engMontgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and Historyhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Peppler, JamesJim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collectionLPP106, Box 2, Binder 4African Americans--Civil rightsCivil rights demonstrationsCivil rights workersPhysiciansDoctor examining the leg of James Meredith on the campus of Tougaloo College in Mississippi, during the "March against Fear" that Meredith began.StillImage