People standing on the sidewalk in front of a downtown building in Madison County, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.

The photograph was taken from inside the building. A sign in one of the windows advertises voting applications, in accordance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, and ended on June 26 in Jackson, Mississippi. Meredith was injured by gunshots shortly af...

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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/9631

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 People standing on the sidewalk in front of a downtown building in Madison County, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith. Peppler, Jim
fulltopic	Southern Courier photographs African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations; Madison County (Miss.)
description	The photograph was taken from inside the building. A sign in one of the windows advertises voting applications, in accordance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 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	Q0000030399Q30399People standing on the sidewalk in front of a downtown building in Madison County, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.The photograph was taken from inside the building. A sign in one of the windows advertises voting applications, in accordance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 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; Madison County (Miss.)Still imageNegatives (Photographic)Peppler, JamesJim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collectionLPP106, Box 2, Binder 3Alabama 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/9631
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People standing on the sidewalk in front of a downtown building in Madison County, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.

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