March Against Fear - Definition

On June 5, 1966, James Meredith started a solitary March Against Fear for 220 miles from Memphis to Jackson, Mississippi, to protest against racism. Soon after starting his march he was shot by a sniper. When they heard the news, other civil rights campaigners, including Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael and Floyd McKissack, decided to continue the march in Meredith's name.

After hospital treatment Meredith rejoined the March Against Fear on June 25, 1966. The following day the marchers arrived in Jackson. When the marchers had arrived inGreenwood, Mississippi, Stokely Carmichael delivered his famous Black Power speech.