Man and woman standing beside a car at a rest stop during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.

The woman is wiping her face with a towel; the band of her straw hat reads, "Freedom." 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...

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Main Author: Peppler, Jim
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/9757

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