Floyd McKissick, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Andrew Young and others, standing in front of the Neshoba County Library in Philadelphia, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.
Young is holding a bullhorn. 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 f...
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