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![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Howard Spencer, Cleveland Sellers, Willie Ricks and Stokley [sic] Carmichael at the Jackson Municipal Airport, Jackson, Mississippi, 1967 May 18](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_3-11-0-28-9-1-1-d.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of a group of male and female college students gathered in front of Jackson Trim Supply during a demonstration led by Millsaps College students following the police shooting of Benjamin Brown, 1967 May 11 [sic]](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_3-11-0-25-5-1-1-e.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of a group of male and female college students standing in front of Jackson Trim Supply during a demonstration led by Millsaps College students following the police shooting of Benjamin Brown, 1967 May 11 [sic]](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_3-11-0-25-5-1-1-f.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Alex Valentine, Raymond Kimball, William Allan Wallace, Sheila Bland and Kelly Williams (left to right) carrying protest signs and crossing a street during a demonstration following the police shooting of Benjamin Brown, 1967 May 11 [sic]](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_3-11-0-25-6-1-1-e.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Bennie McGee (right) and David Doggett (left) carrying protest signs during a demonstration led by Millsaps College students following the police shooting of Benjamin Brown, 1967 May 11 [sic]](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_3-11-0-25-3-1-1-d.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Doug Rogers, Mike Gwinn, David Atwood and Alex Valentine (front to back) carrying protest signs and crossing a street with other students during a demonstration led by Millsaps College students following the police shooting of Benjamin Brown, 1967 May 11 [sic]](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_3-11-0-25-4-1-1-c.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Doug Rogers, Mike Gwinn, Mickey Stevens, David Atwood, Raymond Kimball, William Allan Wallace, Kelly Williams, Lana Cannon, Steve Cannon and Lee Makamson (front to back) carrying protest signs and marching down a sidewalk during a demonstration following the police shooting of Benjamin Brown, Jackson, Mississippi, 1967 May 11 [sic]](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_3-11-0-25-6-1-1-d.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Gary Brooks, Tom Richards, Sue Barnes [sic] and Carolyn Davis (left to right) carrying protest signs and crossing a street during a demonstration led by Millsaps College students following the police shooting of Benjamin Brown, 1967 May 11 [sic]](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_3-11-0-25-3-1-1-e.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Gary Brooks, Tom Richards, Sue Barnes [sic], Carolyn Davis, Doug Rogers, Mike Gwinn and Mickey Stevens (left to right) carrying protest signs and marching during a demonstration following the police shooting of Benjamin Brown, Jackson, Mississippi, 1967 May 11 [sic]](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_3-11-0-25-2-1-1-f.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of James Waide, David Doggett and Geary Simmons Alford leading a group of marchers down a sidewalk during a demonstration led by Millsaps College students following the police shooting of Benjamin Brown, 1967 May 11 [sic]](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_3-11-0-25-2-1-1-d.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Kelly Williams, Lana Cannon and Steve Cannon carrying protest signs and crossing a street during a demonstration led by Millsaps College students following the police shooting of Benjamin Brown, 1967 May 11 [sic]](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_3-11-0-25-5-1-1-d.jpg)