Participants in the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith, walking down the street of a neighborhood.

Participants in the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith, walking down the street of a neighborhood.

One man is wearing a sign that reads, "No Vietcong Ever Called Me 'Nigger' / Brooklyn Core." Several white people are sitting or leaning on the hood of a tow truck, observing the marchers. The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, and ended on June 26 in Jackson, Mississip...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peppler, Jim
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:
Southern Courier photographs
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/12137
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Summary:One man is wearing a sign that reads, "No Vietcong Ever Called Me 'Nigger' / Brooklyn Core." Several white people are sitting or leaning on the hood of a tow truck, observing the marchers. 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. The event was covered in the issues of The Southern Courier for June 11-12, June 18-19, June 25-26, and July 2-3, 1966, which are available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No24_1966_06_11.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No25_1966_06_18.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No26_1966_06_25.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No27_1966_07_02.pdf

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