- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Fannie Lou Hamer singing to a group of people during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1966-06
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights workers - People:
- Hamer, Fannie Lou
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, and 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. This image was used in the article "March Doubles Vote Registration Along Route Through Mississippi" by David R. Underhill, which appeared in the issue of The Southern Courier for June 18-19, 1966. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No25_1966_06_18.pdf
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/9171
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:9171/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 3 - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
Fannie Lou Hamer singing to a group of people during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.
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