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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 Created
6-2-2021
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
Keywords
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963.; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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