Lawrence T. Guyot addressing an audience in front of the state capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, at the end of the "March Against Fear" begun by James Meredith.
Guyot was the chairman of the executive committee of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. 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 Th...
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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/9891 |