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6
June
1966

James Meredith is shot during his March Against Fear

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📅 6 June 1966 📍 United States

Meredith was wounded while walking through Mississippi to challenge intimidation and encourage Black political participation. Civil rights organizations continued the march after the attack. Their response transformed an individual initiative into a wider mobilization, confronting the violence that limited the practical exercise of rights recognized in law.

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James Meredith

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SNCC

SCLC

Congress of Racial Equality

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party