Martin Luther King, Jr., addressing an audience in front of the state capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, at the end of the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.
James Meredith is seated beside the podium. He began the march on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, but was injured by gunshots shortly after setting out. He was not able to rejoin the march until June 25, the day before it ended. The event was covered in the issues of The Southern Courier for June 11-1...
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/9261 |