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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of an African American male holding a walkie-talkie and leading a crowd down a sidewalk followed by Alfred Rhodes and Henry Hatchett [sic] during a demonstration for welfare rights in Jackson, Mississippi, 1960s

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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission

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Demonstrator with walkie-talkie identified as John with Rhodes in hat and Hatchett [sic] holding welfare rights placard walking behindIndividual(s) identified in the photograph include , John; 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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Mississippi Department of Archives and History

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Digital Library of Georgia