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Mule Train Protest March, circa 1972

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View of civil rights leaders Hosea Williams (left) and Joseph E. Boone (right) standing on a wagon while leading a "mule train" protest march to demonstrate against white oppression, in Atlanta, Georgia.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

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Atlanta
  3. Boone, Joseph E., 1922 2006
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  6. Civil Rights Leaders
  7. Clergy
  8. Coffins
  9. Crowds
  10. Georgia
  11. Protest Movements
  12. Wagons
  13. Williams, Hosea, 1926 2000

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