Martin Luther King Jr. addressing the crowd in front of the capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, at the end of the March Against Fear begun by James Meredith.
King is surrounded by other civil rights leaders, including Lawrence T. Guyot, Floyd McKissick, Andrew Young, Ralph Abernathy, Hosea Williams, and James Meredith. The March Against Fear began on June 5 in Memphis. Meredith was injured by gunshots shortly after setting out, and he was not able to rej...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/37037 |
| Summary: | King is surrounded by other civil rights leaders, including Lawrence T. Guyot, Floyd McKissick, Andrew Young, Ralph Abernathy, Hosea Williams, and James Meredith. The March Against Fear began on June 5 in Memphis. Meredith was injured by gunshots shortly after setting out, and he was not able to rejoin the march until June 25. |
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