Participants in the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith, gathered outside a large building in Batesville, Mississippi.
They are listening to a man speak from the middle of the crowd; he is wearing a hat. Inside the building, most likely the courthouse, federal voting inspectors were registering people to vote. The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, and ended on June 26 in Jackson, Mississippi. Meredith was...
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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/9105 |