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![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of an African American male holding a walkie-talkie and Henry Hatchett [sic] carrying a protest sign while leading demonstrators down a sidewalk during a demonstration for welfare rights, Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_99-185-0-45-1-1-1.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of an African American male holding a walkie-talkie and leading a crowd down a sidewalk followed by Alfred Rhodes and Henry Hatchett [sic] during a demonstration for welfare rights in Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_99-185-0-41-1-1-1.jpg)
