| Click here to view the item | |
| Creator: | Moncrief, Winfred H., 1923- |
| Title: | March, King, April 8, 1968 |
| Date: | 1968 Apr. 8 |
| Description: | April 8, 1968, Hattiesburg (Miss.) march in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., four days after his death. According to a Hattiesburg American article that day, approximately 1,500 marchers started at East Sixth and Mobile Streets, stopped at City Hall for a prayer service, continued to the Forrest County courthouse for a silent prayer, then returned to East Sixth and Mobile Streets. The march coincided with a weeklong boycott of schools and white-owned businesses and a 3-day work stoppage. 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: | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Death and burial | Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Hattiesburg (Miss.)--History--20th century | Grief--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Signs and signboards--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Direct action--Mississippi--Hattiesburg | Flags--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, Library & Archives | 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=691 |
