MEREDITH HALF-WAY
Mississippi March (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) DUCK HILL (Mississippi), June 29, The Negro James Meredith reached the halfway point of his long march through Mississippi yesterday and was greeted by warning signs splashed crudely across a bridge.
“James Will Never Make It,” said one sign, scrawled in yellow paint on the small concrete bridge just outside Duck Hill. Another, which warned Meredith to “walk fast,” was written in red paint and signed “White Guard, U.S.A.” Police guarding Meredith said they had never heard of such a group. Meredith stared silently at the signs as he marched across the bridge that marked the half-way point of his 175mile march to Jackson from Hernanda, where he was wounded by a shotgun sniper on a similar trek a year ago.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19670630.2.119
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31409, 30 June 1967, Page 11
Word Count
128MEREDITH HALF-WAY Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31409, 30 June 1967, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.