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Mule Train Protest March, circa 1972

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@ Atlanta History Center

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View of WAGA-TV news reporter Emmanuel Hall (far left) interviewing civil rights leader Hosea Williams (second from left) during a "mule train" protest march to demonstrate against white oppression, in Atlanta, Georgia, with the Reverend Joseph E. Boone also in attendance (to the right of Hosea Williams).Hosea Williams was a United States civil rights leader and ordained reverend. He was a leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and organized and led marches in the 1960s through the 1980s. He founded Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless, a non-profit foundation in Atlanta that provides food free health services for the indigent.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia