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James Meredith Returns to the March Against Fear After Being Shot. Greeted by Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Jackson, Mississippi
James Meredith Returns to the March Against Fear After Being Shot. Greeted by Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Jackson, Mississippi
James Meredith Returns to the March Against Fear After Being Shot. Greeted by Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Jackson, Mississippi
© Withers Family Trust

James Meredith Returns to the March Against Fear After Being Shot. Greeted by Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Jackson, Mississippi

Artist (American, 1922 - 2007)
Date1966
MediumGelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999
DimensionsComposition: 17 7/8 x 18 in. (45.4 x 45.7 cm)
Sheet: 23 7/8 x 20 1/16 in. (60.6 x 51 cm)
Mat: 30 x 28 in. (76.2 x 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMemphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase with funds provided by Ernest and Dorothy Withers, Panopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, MA, Landon and Carol Butler, The Deupree Family Foundation, and The Turley Foundation
Object number2005.3.109
ProvenancePanopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 2005
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First Press Conference of the March Against Fear Announcing Martin Luther King Taking Over after Meredith Was Shot, Basement, United Methodist Church, Memphis
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FBI Agents (Bruce Hodges on right) with Weapons Confiscated from Rioters at The University of Mississippi Following the Admission of James Meredith, Oxford, Mississippi
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Reverend Joseph Lowery and Reverend Ralph Abernathy, SCLC Convention, Memphis
Reverend Joseph Lowery and Reverend Ralph Abernathy, SCLC Convention, Memphis
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National Guard Helicopter and Troops Prepare to Take James Meredith to University of Mississippi from Millington Naval Base
National Guard Helicopter and Troops Prepare to Take James Meredith to University of Mississippi from Millington Naval Base
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Dr. King, Room 307 of the Lorraine Motel after the March Against Fear, Memphis
Dr. King, Room 307 of the Lorraine Motel after the March Against Fear, Memphis
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Dr. King in Lorraine Motel after the March Against Fear, Memphis
Dr. King in Lorraine Motel after the March Against Fear, Memphis
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Boarding House Bathroom room which James Earl Ray Shot Dr. King, 422 South Main Street, Memphis
Boarding House Bathroom room which James Earl Ray Shot Dr. King, 422 South Main Street, Memphis
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Singing "We Shall Overcome" at the Metropolitan Baptist Church during the March Against Fear, Memphis
Singing "We Shall Overcome" at the Metropolitan Baptist Church during the March Against Fear, Memphis
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph Abernathy on One of the First Desegregated Buses, Montgomery, Alabama
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Abernathy, Day Before Assassination, Memphis Airport
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Reverend Abernathy Embracing Rosa Parks, Benjamin Hooks (on left), SCLC Convention, Memphis
Reverend Abernathy Embracing Rosa Parks, Benjamin Hooks (on left), SCLC Convention, Memphis
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Pete Wilson, Gas Station Attendant- Last Person to See James Earl Ray before He Fled Memphis
Pete Wilson, Gas Station Attendant- Last Person to See James Earl Ray before He Fled Memphis
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