Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
James Meredith Graduating, University of Mississippi at Oxford
August 18, 1963; printed ca. 1990
Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white photograph of university graduates wearing caps and gowns walking outside in a procession. James Meredith is the second man in line. Back C is stamped [Charles Moore Estate / Lifetime Print], back BC has a sticker on which is handwritten [1962 - UNIV. of MISS., OXFORD] and [© CHARLES MOORE] is stamped, and back BR has a sticker on which is handwritten [p.69].
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Catalog reference: 2011.49.12
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