People participating in the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.
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@ Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
Peppler, Jim
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Mississippi Highway Patrol officers are escorting the marchers on the side of the road. The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, and ended on June 26 in Jackson, Mississippi. 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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1966 June
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Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130Keywords
- African Americans
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Leaders
- Firearms
- Law Enforcement Officers