Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Jackson, Miss. – Police Move In – Police move in on a Negro man as they break up demonstration in Jackson, Miss. today. One officer holds a billy club across the man’s throat. Negroes threw rocks and bottles at police lines following funeral services for Medgar Evers, slain negro integration leader.
Jackson, Miss. – Police Move In – Police move in on a Negro man as they break up demonstration in Jackson, Miss. today. One officer holds a billy club across the man’s throat. Negroes threw rocks and bottles at police lines following funeral services for Medgar Evers, slain negro integration leader.
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Jackson, Miss. – Police Move In – Police move in on a Negro man as they break up demonstration in Jackson, Miss. today. One officer holds a billy club across the man’s throat. Negroes threw rocks and bottles at police lines following funeral services for Medgar Evers, slain negro integration leader.

Associated Press · [ca. June 1963]

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