Participants in the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.

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Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Title:: Participants in 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
Location:: United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
Medium:: negatives (photographs)
Type:: StillImage
Format:: image/jpeg
Description:: One man is wearing a "Freedom Now" shirt and is holding a crumpled Confederate flag in his hand. A truck carrying a crowd of people (including cameramen and photographers) is visible on the road ahead of the marchers. The photograph was taken from behind the group. 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. The event was covered in the issues of The Southern Courier for June 11-12, June 18-19, June 25-26, and July 2-3, 1966, which are available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No24_1966_06_11.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No25_1966_06_18.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No26_1966_06_25.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No27_1966_07_02.pdf
Metadata URL:: http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/9579
IIIF manifest:: http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:9579/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 4
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History
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