Sittler, Joseph, Jr.

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Joseph Sittler, Jr. was a student at Tougaloo College during the 1960s when he, along with other students from the Jackson, Mississippi area, participated in an Anti-Vietnam War demonstration during a visit from Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Sittler was the son of Joseph A. Sittler, a prominent Lutheran minister, author and distinguished professor in Chicago.

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Sittler, Joseph, Jr.

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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Tougaloo College students Joseph Sittler, Jr., Marvin Hochstedler, Deborah Keehn and Albert Garner (left to right) standing in front of a Western Union storefront with other demonstrators during an Anti-Vietnam War demonstration protesting Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's visit to Jackson, Mississippi, 1967 February 24

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1967-02-24
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Tougaloo College students Marvin Hochstedler, Joseph Sittler, Jr., Roger Harris, and an unidentified white female (left to right) standing in front of the local Elks Lodge during an Anti-Vietnam War demonstration protesting Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's visit to Jackson, Mississippi, 1967 February 24

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1967-02-24
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Sittler, Joseph, Jr.

Sovereignty Commission Online