On this day in 1966, James Meredith was shot a day after he began his one-man, 220-mile March Against Fear.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today June 6, 2023 JUNE 6, 1966 This photo by Associated Press’ Jack Thornell, which captured the shooting, won the Pulitzer. James Meredith was shot a day after he began his one-man, 220-mile March Against Fear from Memphis to Jackson, Mississippi. Meredith survived, and the sniper was arrested. Meredith did the march to encourage Black Mississippians to vote in the wake of the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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