Roosevelt Barnett standing by a car at a rest stop during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.
The pins stuck to the band of his straw hat read, "I Believe in Human Dignity." The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, and ended on June 26 in Jackson, Mississippi. 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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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/12067 |