Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Alfred Rhodes (left) and Henry Hatchett [sic] leading a crowd of African American women across Pearl Street during a demonstration for welfare rights in Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s
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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
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Demonstrators crossing East Pearl Street identified as Rhodes in hat and Hatchett [sic] holding placard in front of Freedom of Information Center workersIndividual(s) identified in the photograph include Rhodes, Alfred; Hatchett [sic], HenryThe name appears on the photograph as "Henry Hatchett" however, an alternative and more authoritative form of the name is "Henry Hatches."The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African American Men
- African American Social Reformers
- African American Women
- African Americans
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Demonstrations
- Jackson
- Mississippi
- Pearl Street (Jackson, Miss.)
- Signs And Signboards
- Streets
- Welfare Rights Movement
- Women
- Women Civil Rights Workers
- Women Social Reformers