Whitney M. Young, Jr., seated on a platform in front of the state capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, at the end of the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.
He is holding a paper cup. The photograph was taken from below. 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-...
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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/9753 |