The March against Fear: The Last Great Walk of the Civil Rights Movement and the Emergence of Black Power

This book recounts James Meredith’s 1966 march in Mississippi, begun as a peaceful one-person protest for Black voter registration. The march grew into a major civil-rights demonstration in the South, with Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and others joining the effort. The participants traveled more than 200 miles to support voter registration and equality. Centered on Meredith and the changing scope of the march, the account examines a pivotal action within the Civil Rights era.