EVENT INFORMATION

6
Juni
1966

James Meredith is shot during his March Against Fear

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📅 6 Juni 1966 📍 Verenigde Staten

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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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

James Meredith

Organisaties in dit Evenement

SNCC

SCLC

Congress of Racial Equality

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party