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- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Martin Luther King Jr. addressing the crowd in front of the capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, at the end of the March Against Fear begun by James Meredith.
- Creator:
- Jones, Ed
Metz, George - Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1966-06-26
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Civic leaders
Civil rights
Jackson (Miss.) - People:
- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998
Guyot, Lawrence T.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991
Meredith, James, 1933-
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000
Young, Andrew, 1932- - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- King is surrounded by other civil rights leaders, including Lawrence T. Guyot, Floyd McKissick, Andrew Young, Ralph Abernathy, Hosea Williams, and James Meredith. The March Against Fear began on June 5 in Memphis. Meredith was injured by gunshots shortly after setting out, and he was not able to rejoin the march until June 25.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/37037
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:37037/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
- Original Collection:
- Birmingham News
Alabama Media Group
Alabama Media Group Collection - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights: