Billboards on the side of the road during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.

The first reads, "Martin Luther King at Communist Training School," and includes a picture of King seated in an audience. The second reads, "Save Our Republic! Impeach Earl Warren / For Information Contact John Birch Society." The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee. Mere...

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Bibliographic Details
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/9865
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Summary:The first reads, "Martin Luther King at Communist Training School," and includes a picture of King seated in an audience. The second reads, "Save Our Republic! Impeach Earl Warren / For Information Contact John Birch Society." 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