James Meredith seated beside the podium during the rally in front of the state capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, at the end of the "March Against Fear" he began.
Meredith began the march on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, but he was injured by gunshots shortly after setting out and was not able to rejoin it 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...
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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/8909 |