Caption and verso, James Meredith Shot and Wounded During His March against Fear, Hernando, Mississippi

Sam Parrish, (American, born 1941), James Meredith Shot and Wounded During His March against Fear, Hernando, Mississippi, 1966, gelatin silver print, 6 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Sandra Anderson Baccus in loving memory of Lloyd Tevis Baccus, M.D., 2007.105. © Sam Parrish and United Press International/Corbis-Bettmann.

Transcribed caption, recto: “MMP060705-6/7/66-HERNANDO, MISS: James Meredith, with blood streaming his wounds, lies beside Mississippi highway 51 after he was shot from ambush 6/6. Police arrested Aubrey J. Norvell in the shooting and a preliminary hearing will be held 6/7. UPI TELEPHOTO”