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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 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)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Gail Faulk [sic] holding a camera and stack of papers during a demonstration for welfare rights in Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_99-185-0-27-1-1-1.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Jessie [sic] Montgomery standing on a sidewalk while demonstrators walk by during a demonstration protesting Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's visit to Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_99-185-0-12-1-1-1.jpg)