People seated in and standing around a station wagon parked at a rest stop during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.
The bottom of the license plate reads, "America's Dairyland," so the vehicle is probably from Wisconsin. 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 re...
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Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History |
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Southern Courier photographs |
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Southern Courier photographs People seated in and standing around a station wagon parked at a rest stop during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith. Peppler, Jim |
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Southern Courier photographs African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations |
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The bottom of the license plate reads, "America's Dairyland," so the vehicle is probably from Wisconsin. 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 |
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Q0000025820Q25820People seated in and standing around a station wagon parked at a rest stop during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.The bottom of the license plate reads, "America's Dairyland," so the vehicle is probably from Wisconsin. 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/9544 |
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People seated in and standing around a station wagon parked at a rest stop during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith. |
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People seated in and standing around a station wagon parked at a rest stop during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith. |
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Peppler, Jim |
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Peppler, Jim |
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