- 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-
Young, Whitney M. - 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, James Meredith, and Whitney M. Young Jr. 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/37192
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:37192/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:
-
