Fannie Lou Hamer, J. C. Killingsworth, and others seated before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi.

A photographer in the background is taking a picture of the group. The hearings were conducted by Senators Robert F. Kennedy, Joseph S. Clark, George Murphy, and Jacob Javits. This image was taken for (but not used in) an article ("Senators Told of Poverty" by Patricia James) and photo spr...

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Main Author: Peppler, Jim
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/5882

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