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![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Alfred Rhodes, Lawrence Guyot and Henry Hatchett [sic] (left to right) waiting to cross Pearl Street with three African American women during a demonstration for welfare rights in Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_99-185-0-30-1-1-1.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Alfred Rhodes (left) and Henry Hatchett [sic] leading a crowd of African American women across Pearl Street during a demonstration for welfare rights in Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_99-185-0-44-1-1-1.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Alfred Rhodes (left) and Henry Hatchett [sic] preparing to cross Pearl Street with a group of African American women during a demonstration for welfare rights in Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_99-185-0-29-1-1-1.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of three unidentified African American women, Ted Seiver [sic] and Jesse Montgomery crossing Pearl Street in Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_99-185-0-31-1-1-1.jpg)