- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Title:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Tougaloo College students William Melish and Ilene Melish standing in front of a Western Union storefront with other unidentified demonstrators during an Anti-Vietnam War demonstration protesting Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's visit to Jackson, Mississippi, 1967 February 24
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Publisher:
- from Millsaps College, Sovereignty Commission records, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1967-02-24
- Subject:
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Mississippi--Jackson
Anti-war demonstrations--Mississippi--Jackson
Student movements--Mississippi--Jackson
Students--Mississippi--Jackson
Men, White--Mississippi--Jackson
Women, White--Mississippi--Jackson
African American men--Mississippi--Jackson
Tougaloo College - People:
- McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009
Melish, William Howard, 1910-
Melish, Ilene - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Anti-Vietnam war demonstrators identified as affiliated with Tougaloo College with others protesting the visit to Jackson by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara
Individual(s) identified in the photograph include Melish, William; Melish, Ilene
Classified by the Sovereignty Commission as (Name)--School Integration
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://da.mdah.ms.gov/sovcom/photo.php?display=item&oid=478
- Rights Holder:
- The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records are state government records made available to the public pursuant to American Civil Liberties Union v. Fordice, 969 F.Supp. 403 (S.D.Miss.1994). The web-enabled version of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records is intended for public use in research, teaching, and private study in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). MDAH makes no warranty or assurances that materials contained in this collection are free from U.S. copyright claims or other restrictions on free use and display. It is the user's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing materials found in this collection. MDAH requests that prior to publication of Sov. Com. images the user submit an MDAH Broadcast/Publication Permission form for approval by the Department. This form must be accompanied by documentation which proves that copyright requirements have been satisfied. Contact MDAH Reference Staff for details on how to obtain and complete the B/PP form: (601) 576 6876 or refdesk@mdah.ms.gov. There are no MDAH Use Fees associated with use of Sov. Com. images. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by a credit line, which at a minimum includes the name of this collection, the unique resource identifier for each image, the name of this institution, and URL. ; Cite images according to the following structure: Original Creator, "Title", Original creation date (if known), Unique Resource Identifier, Series Number and Title, Archival Repository, date of last web page revision, image location/URL, (image viewed on date).
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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