![]() ![]() ![]() On the second day of his walk, June 6, 1966, Meredith was shot and wounded by James Aubrey Norvell, a white sniper, and was hospitalized for treatment. He invited only individual black men to join him and did not want it to be a large media event dominated by major civil rights organizations. The goal was to counter the continuing racism in the Mississippi Delta after passage of federal civil rights legislation in the previous two years and to encourage African Americans in the state to register to vote. The total distance marched was approximately 270 miles over a period of 21 days. ![]() Activist James Meredith launched the event on June 5, 1966, intending to make a solitary walk from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi via the Mississippi Delta, starting at Memphis's Peabody Hotel and proceeding to the Mississippi state line, then continuing through, respectively, the Mississippi cities of Hernando, Grenada, Greenwood, Indianola, Belzoni, Yazoo City, and Canton before arriving at Jackson's City Hall. The March Against Fear was a major 1966 demonstration in the Civil Rights Movement in the South. ![]() Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument.Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. ![]()
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