American flag beneath the feet of a man on a platform in front of the state capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, at the end of the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.

A straw purse is sitting on top of the flag. The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee. 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, Jun...

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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/9744

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 American flag beneath the feet of a man on a platform in front of the state capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, at the end of the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith. Peppler, Jim
fulltopic	Southern Courier photographs African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations; Flags--United States; Jackson (Miss.)
description	A straw purse is sitting on top of the flag. The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee. 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	Q0000030876Q30876American flag beneath the feet of a man on a platform in front of the state capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, at the end of the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.A straw purse is sitting on top of the flag. The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee. 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 June 261960-1969Peppler, JimAfrican Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations; Flags--United States; Jackson (Miss.)Still 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/9744
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American flag beneath the feet of a man on a platform in front of the state capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, at the end of the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.

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