• Harry Benson

    “We Shall Overcome (the James Meredith March Against Fear), June 1966”

    Photography : Archival Pigment Photograph
    Size: 4x5 inches  |  10x13 cm
    Framed : 12x12 in  |  30x30 cm
    Edition: Edition is Not Numbered, Edition Closed
    🔥1966 Framed Limited Edition Photograph - Inquire - A Dteal $1,800
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    Hand SignedOn Verso 
    Condition Excellent 
    Framed with GlassBlack Frame w/ White Mat 
    Purchased fromPublisher 2020 
    Story / Additional Info"After Civil Rights activist James Meredith was shot on June 6th, 1966- the second day of his March Against Fear from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi- Martin Luther King Jr. took up the march and was joined by fellow Civil Rights leaders John Lewis and Ralph Abernathy. Thousands followed. As we marched toward Jackson, with helicopters flying overhead, the unwavering King, flanked by Lewis (in light raincoat) and Abernathy, sang 'We Shall overcome', which became the anthem of the Civil Rights Movement. Each evening, the marchers would pitch their tents to rest. One night in Canton, Mississippi, we were tear-gassed and beaten by Mississippi Highway Patrolmen. I was carried out of the melee by a local Black family and given water until I could see again. Still, I am glad I was there at the Meredith March in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement, one of the most important historical events of the twentieth century." - Harry Benson 
    Certificate of AuthenticityMagnum Photography 
    LID171149
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