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- Collection:
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
- Title:
- James Brown performing at a rally at Tougaloo College in Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.
- Creator:
- Peppler, Jim
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1966-06-25
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Music
Civil rights demonstrations
Singers
Tougaloo (Miss.) - People:
- Brown, James, 1933-2006
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
- Medium:
- negatives (photographs)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The image is extremely dark, so Brown is not clearly visible. 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 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 photo spread "Mississippi March: Views of an Instant Movement on the Move," which appeared on page 3 of The Southern Courier for June 25-26, 1966. The issue is available online: http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No26_1966_06_25.pdf
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/9847
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/iiif/2/peppler:9847/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: