Little girl holding up a microphone while standing on a platform at a night gathering during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.

Ralph Abernathy and Floyd McKissick are standing behind her. 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,...

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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/9875

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 Little girl holding up a microphone while standing on a platform at a night gathering during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith. Peppler, Jim
fulltopic	Southern Courier photographs Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990; McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991; African Americans--Children; African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights leaders
description	Ralph Abernathy and Floyd McKissick are standing behind her. 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	Q0000031933Q31933Little girl holding up a microphone while standing on a platform at a night gathering during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.Ralph Abernathy and Floyd McKissick are standing behind her. 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, JimAbernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990; McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991; African Americans--Children; African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights leadersStill 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/9875
title	Little girl holding up a microphone while standing on a platform at a night gathering during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.
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Little girl holding up a microphone while standing on a platform at a night gathering during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.

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