Member of the Medical Committee for Human Rights participating in the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.
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Peppler, Jim
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The man's back is to the camera, and he is wearing a sign that reads, "Doctor M.C.H.R." Other marchers and a truck carrying a crowd of people (including cameramen and photographers) is visible on the road ahead of him. The march began on June 5 in Memphis, Tennessee, and ended on June 26 in Jackson, Mississippi. 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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