Participants in the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith, walking through a downtown area in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
Stokely Carmichael and Floyd McKissick are visible behind the front row of men. 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...
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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/9368 |