Observers in downtown Philadelphia, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.

Observers in downtown Philadelphia, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.

They are watching the march from the Bankers Trust Saving & Loan Association building. Some people are looking from an upstairs window, and several others are outside the building below. An African American man is seated on a low window sill. The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, and...

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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/9272
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
Observers in downtown Philadelphia, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.
Peppler, Jim
fulltopic Southern Courier photographs
African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations; Philadelphia (Miss.)
description They are watching the march from the Bankers Trust Saving & Loan Association building. Some people are looking from an upstairs window, and several others are outside the building below. An African American man is seated on a low window sill. 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 Q0000021256Q21256Observers in downtown Philadelphia, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.They are watching the march from the Bankers Trust Saving & Loan Association building. Some people are looking from an upstairs window, and several others are outside the building below. An African American man is seated on a low window sill. 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 demonstrations; Philadelphia (Miss.)Still 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/9272
title Observers in downtown Philadelphia, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.
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