So, when someone needs an example of just how much people sacrificed for our rights/freedom to vote and consequently how important it is for US to vote in order to protect that right....
#MarchAgainstFear

#OTD #TDIH #June25, 1933: #BOTD: #HBD #JamesMeredith! #CivilRightsActivists #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #Blacks #CivilRightsMovement #Racism #Segregation #OleMiss #RossBarnett #MarchAgainstFear #VotingRightsActOf1965 #AfricanAmericanSuffrage #BlackSky
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#OTD #TDIH #June6, 1966 (6/6/66): #MarchAgainstFear: #JamesMeredith #shot.
#VotingRightsActOf1965 #AfricanAmericanVotingRights #AfricanAmericanSuffrage #CivilRights #AfricanAmericanCivilRightsMovement #AmericanCivilRightsMovement #CivilRightsMovement
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#OTD in Movement History ✊
One man’s courage became a movement’s turning point. On this day, James Meredith began his 220-mile March Against Fear.

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In 1966, James Meredith, the first black man to be integrated into The University of Mississippi, organized a one man march to encourage African Americans to vote. Shortly into his march, he was shot ... Posted in r/SnapshotHistory by u/RabbittWhites • 4,160 points and 173 comments

#FWakeY1966 #FWakeYear1966 #FWakeJune5
#FWakeMemphis /\
#MarchAgainstFear #FWakeFear /\

"On June 5, 1966, equipped with only a helmet and walking stick, James Meredith began a 220-mile March Against Fear from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi."

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