Medgar Evers and Mr. Wren

Creators

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Source Collection

Benjamin Lawson Hooks papers, Preservation and Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

psc.mss0445.349_33.578_02

Description

Press Release attached: "Still Suffering -- W.R. Wren, left, 81, this week showed NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers his arm which was broken by Jackson, Miss., police. Mr. Wren was among group of Negores peacefullyassembled outside local courthouse, March 29, awaiting outcome of trial of NAACP sit-in students. Police used clubs, blackjacks and attack dogs to disperse group. NAACP has countered with "Operation Mississippi" -- an all-out drive to end Mississippi bigotry."

Date

circa 1950s

Recommended Citation

"Medgar Evers and Mr. Wren" (2021). Benjamin Lawson Hooks Papers images. 216.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-0445-hooks-gallery1/216