In a Show of Support that Brought Together Different Factions of the Movement, Civil Rights Leaders Joined Funeral Procession of NAACP Activist Medgar Evers, Jackson, Mississippi, 1963

Source catalog description

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A black-and-white photograph of a crowd of people dressed in suits, or funeral attire, walking in a procession through the streets of Jackson, Mississippi.

Catalog date

1963; printed 2007

Recorded subjects

African American; Civil Rights; Funeral customs and rites; Photography; Violence

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