- GLC#
- GLC09824.05-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 9 June 1966
- Author/Creator
- United Press International
- Title
- [Photograph of shotgun wounds on back of James Meredith's head]
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 telephoto photograph Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 17.1 cm
- Primary time period
- 1945 to the Present
- Sub-Era
- The Civil Rights Movement The Sixties
One telephoto taken by United Press International dated June 9, 1966. Image shows the back of James Meredith's head covered in bullet wounds. The incident occurred during a civil rights march he organized in Mississippi.
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