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| Creator: | Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923- |
| Title: | March, Negro, July 29, 1967 |
| Date: | 1967 July 29 |
| Description: | Demonstration July 29, 1967, Hattiesburg (Miss.), to protest the shooting of Lonnie Charles McGee on July 27 by patrolman Willie McGilvery. Part of activities associated with July-August economic boycott of city buses and businesses. Protesters march toward downtown, following route that began at Mobile and East 7th streets and proceeded along Mobile and Batson to Forrest County courthouse, according to a Hattiesburg American newspaper article July 29, 1967. Marchers gather. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Hattiesburg (Miss.)--History--20th century | Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Direct actions--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Police brutality--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | African Americans--Violence against--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Hattiesburg (Miss.) | Forrest County (Miss.) |
| Collection: | Moncrief photograph collection |
| Institution: | Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
| Contributors: | Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History | Moncrief Photograph Collection (Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History) |
| Online Publisher: | Jackson, Miss.: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archives and Library | 2007 |
| Original Material: | Moncrief (Winfred) Photograph Collection, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of Moncrief Photograph Collection. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://mdah.state.ms.us/arlib/contents/er/moncrief/image.php?display=item&item=491 |
