- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Juanita Abernathy, Ralph Abernathy, Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King, Jr., James Meredith, Stokely Carmichael, Floyd McKissick, and others, participating in the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi.
- 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:
- Abernathy, Juanita, 1929-
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991
Meredith, James, 1933- - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- James Meredith began the march on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, but was injured by gunshots shortly after setting out. He was not able to rejoin the march until June 25, the day before it ended in Jackson, Mississippi. 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/9605
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:9605/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
- Rights:
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