Participants in the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith, in front of the Neshoba County Library in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
White observers are watching from the windows of the building. 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 th...
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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/9274 |