- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Young man and woman either observing or participating 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:
- Though it is not entirely visible, the young man is holding a sign featuring the emblem of the Lowndes County Freedom Association (also known as the Black Panther Party); it reads, "We're the greatest." The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, and ended on June 26 in Jackson, Mississippi. 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/9623
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:9623/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:
-
Young man and woman either observing or participating in the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.
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