- Collection:
- Alabama Media Group Collection
- Title:
- Officer in a Neshoba County sheriff's department truck observing a march in Philadelphia, Mississippi, held in memory of three civil rights workers who had been murdered the year before.
- Creator:
- Metz, George
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1965-06
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Police
Philadelphia (Miss.) - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
black-and-white negatives - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The three men, Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman, were killed by Klansmen on June 21, 1964. The federal investigation into their deaths was code-named "Mississippi Burning."
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/98934
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/amg:98934/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:
-
Officer in a Neshoba County sheriff's department truck observing a march in Philadelphia, Mississippi, held in memory of three civil rights workers who had been murdered the year before.
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