Two police officers sitting in a car in Jackson, Mississippi, during the "March Against Fear" 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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A bumper sticker featuring the emblem of the Lowndes County Freedom Association (also known as the Black Panther Party) is stuck to the side of the car; it reads, "We're the greatest." 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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1966 June
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