Fannie Lou Hamer and others, seated at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi.
Other people are approaching the table; Unita Blackwell is seated beside her, and J. C. Killingsworth is at the far end of the table. The group spoke during the hearing, which was conducted by Senators Robert F. Kennedy, Joseph S. Clark, George Murphy, and Jacob Javits. This image was taken for (but...
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| Summary: | Other people are approaching the table; Unita Blackwell is seated beside her, and J. C. Killingsworth is at the far end of the table. The group spoke during the hearing, which was 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 spread ("U.S. Senators Meet the People") that appeared on pages 1 and 3 of The Southern Courier for April 15-16, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No16_1967_04_15.pdf |
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