Image: March, King, April 8, 1968.

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Description: Collection: Moncrief Photograph Collection Call number: PI/1994.0005 System ID: 95242. Link to the catalog April 8, 1968, Hattiesburg (Miss.) march in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., four days after his death. According to a Hattiesburg American article that day, approximately 1,500 marchers started at East Sixth and Mobile Streets, stopped at City Hall for a prayer service, continued to the Forrest County courthouse for a silent prayer, then returned to East Sixth and Mobile Streets. The march coincided with a week-long boycott of schools and white-owned businesses and a 3-day work stoppage. Please see our profile page for information on ordering. Scanned as TIFF in 2005-07-27 by MDAH. Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Title: March, King, April 8, 1968.
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