Two participants in the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith, walking on the sidewalk past a drugstore in a downtown area in Mississippi.

Two participants in the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith, walking on the sidewalk past a drugstore in a downtown area in Mississippi.

One man is clapping, and the other appears to be singing. 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 iss...

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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/9119
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
Two participants in the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith, walking on the sidewalk past a drugstore in a downtown area in Mississippi.
Peppler, Jim
fulltopic Southern Courier photographs
African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations
description One man is clapping, and the other appears to be singing. 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 Q0000023711Q23711Two participants in the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith, walking on the sidewalk past a drugstore in a downtown area in Mississippi.One man is clapping, and the other appears to be singing. 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, JimAfrican Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrationsStill imageNegatives (Photographic)Peppler, JamesJim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collectionLPP106, Box 2, Binder 4Alabama 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/9119
title Two participants in the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith, walking on the sidewalk past a drugstore in a downtown area in Mississippi.
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