Participants in the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith, walking down a shady dirt road.
One of the men is wearing a "CORE" shirt. 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...
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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/9085 |