Mississippi Highway Patrol officers standing around a car in Philadelphia, Mississippi, probably during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.
A man is in the backseat of the car, and a Highway Patrol officer is in the driver's seat. The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee. 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 T...
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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/1508 |