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United Press International [Photograph of shotgun wounds on back of James Meredith's head]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09824.05 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: 9 June 1966 Pagination: 1 telephoto ; 22.9 x 17.1 cm. Order a Copy

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated June 9, 1966. Image is of the back of James Meredith's head which contained shotgun wounds from a civil rights march in Mississippi.

Meredith, James, 1933-

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