Floyd McKissick addressing a crowd in front of the Neshoba County Library in Philadelphia, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.

He is speaking into a microphone attached to a bullhorn. 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 issu...

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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/8832

format	Electronic
collection	Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
building	Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher	Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic	Southern Courier photographs
spellingShingle	Southern Courier photographs Floyd McKissick addressing a crowd in front of the Neshoba County Library in Philadelphia, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith. Peppler, Jim
fulltopic	Southern Courier photographs McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991; African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights leaders; Philadelphia (Miss.)
description	He is speaking into a microphone attached to a bullhorn. 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
spelling	Q0000020618Q20618Floyd McKissick addressing a crowd in front of the Neshoba County Library in Philadelphia, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.He is speaking into a microphone attached to a bullhorn. 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.pdf1966 June1960-1969Peppler, JimMcKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991; African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights leaders; Philadelphia (Miss.)Still imageNegatives (Photographic)Peppler, JamesJim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collectionLPP106, Box 2, Binder 3Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130EnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.4000 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/8832
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Floyd McKissick addressing a crowd in front of the Neshoba County Library in Philadelphia, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.

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