Rhodes, Alfred Henry, 1941-
- Biography:
- Alfred Henry Rhodes was born on March 16, 1941 in Midnight, Mississippi. Rhodes graduated from Tougaloo College and attended graduate school at Jackson State University. He became an organizer and leader in the local civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s and participating in numerous demonstrations and marches. In 1967, Rhodes ran to represent Hinds County in the Mississippi House.
- Associated Subjects:
- Rhodes, Alfred Henry, 1941-
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![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Alfred Rhodes (left) and Henry Hatchett [sic] leading a crowd of African American women across Pearl Street during a demonstration for welfare rights in Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_99-185-0-44-1-1-1.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Alfred Rhodes (left) and Henry Hatchett [sic] preparing to cross Pearl Street with a group of African American women during a demonstration for welfare rights in Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_99-185-0-29-1-1-1.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Alfred Rhodes, Lawrence Guyot and Henry Hatchett [sic] (left to right) waiting to cross Pearl Street with three African American women during a demonstration for welfare rights in Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_99-185-0-30-1-1-1.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of an African American male holding a walkie-talkie and leading a crowd down a sidewalk followed by Alfred Rhodes and Henry Hatchett [sic] during a demonstration for welfare rights in Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_99-185-0-41-1-1-1.jpg)