Negro Marchers ' Numbers Rise
(N Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) COLDWATER' (Mississippi), June 9. A growing column of Negro freedom marchers moved south down United States Highway 51 today towards Jackson, the capital of Mississippi. Led by Dr. Martin Luther King, the demonstration is the continuation of James Meredith’s “march against Negro fear,” which ended abruptly on Monday when he was shot just inside the State border. Meredith left hospital in a wheelchair yesterday vowing that the next time he went to Mississippi he would be carrying a gun. Risen to 350 But under Dr. King’s leadership, the march was strictly a non-violent demonstration. The original 22 marchers who accompanied Meredith on the first leg of the 220-mile trek from Memphis, Tennessee, to the Mississippi capital had
swollen to 350 today. Civil rights leaders predict there will be thousands on the road when the column reaches Jackson next week. Governor Paul Johnson, of Mississippi, has condemned the march and urged Mississippians to “ignore completely these exhibitionists.” But he promised them police protection.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31082, 10 June 1966, Page 11
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168Negro Marchers' Numbers Rise Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31082, 10 June 1966, Page 11
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