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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Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History |
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Southern Courier photographs |
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Southern Courier photographs Billboards on the side of the road during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith. Peppler, Jim |
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Southern Courier photographs King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; African Americans--Civil rights; Billboards; Civil rights demonstrations |
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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 |
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Q0000031922Q31922Billboards 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. 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 June1960-1969Peppler, JimKing, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; African Americans--Civil rights; Billboards; Civil rights demonstrationsStill 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/9865 |
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Billboards on the side of the road during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith. |
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Billboards on the side of the road during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith. |
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Peppler, Jim |
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Peppler, Jim |
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