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![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Garland Lyle [sic], Robert Burton and Jack Anderson standing near a Confederate monument on the grounds of the Mississippi State Capitol while Richard Barrett walks along sidewalk, Jackson, Mississippi, 1967 July 30](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_99-19-0-5-1-1-1-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 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, Sheila Bland, William Allan Wallace, Raymond Kimball, Alex Valentine, Jack Gardner and David Atwood (left to right) walking 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-c.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Kimball Levingston [sic] kneeling on a sidewalk and holding a camera during a protest march 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-c.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Mike Gwinn, Mickey Stevens, David Atwood and Jack Gardner (front to back) marching down sidewalk during a demonstration following the police shooting of Benjamin Brown, 1967 May 11 [sic]](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_3-11-0-25-7-1-1-c.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Sue [sic] Barnes, Carolyn Davis, Doug Rogers and Mike Gwinn (front to back) leading a group of student protesters 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_3-11-0-25-3-1-1-c.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of a Lincoln owned by John Kelin [sic] and three other cars parked on Tombigbee Street in Jackson, Mississippi, 1965 March 15](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_9-31-3-91-2-1-1.jpg)
