People holding hands and singing at an evening gathering in Canton, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.
A young woman is wearing pins that read, "SCLC SCOPE Project" and "Total Equality." 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 u...
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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/9052 |