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![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 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)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Lana Cannon (left) and Steve Cannon (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_3-11-0-25-2-1-1-e.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Steve Cannon (left) and Lana Cannon (right) 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_3-11-0-25-7-1-1-d.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Steve Cannon (left) and Lee Makamson (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_3-11-0-25-1-1-1-e.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of William Allan Wallace, Sheila Bland, Kelly Williams, Lana Cannon, Steve Cannon and Lee Makamson 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-c.jpg)