- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Title:
- White man on crutches speaking to a young African American girl who is observing the ""March Against Fear"" from a sidewalk.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1966-06
- Subject:
- African Americans--Children
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Police - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Sr., 1899-1984
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
- Medium:
- slides (photographs)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A police officer is standing on the right; he is wearing a ""BPD"" pin on his collar. The marchers are passing through a neighborhood. James Meredith began the march on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, and it ended on June 26 in Jackson, Mississippi. Meredith was injured by gunshots shortly after setting out, and he was not able to rejoin the march until June 25. 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.pdf
- Local Identifier:
- Q23594
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/12210
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:12210/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.
- Original Collection:
- Peppler, James
Jim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collection
LPP106, Box 2, Binder 4 - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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