Caption for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Floyd McKissick, and Stokely Carmichael March Arm in Arm, Canton, Mississippi

Unidentified Photographer, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Floyd McKissick, and Stokely Carmichael March Arm in Arm, Canton, Mississippi, 1966, gelatin silver print, 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Sandra Anderson Baccus in loving memory of Lloyd Tevis Baccus, M.D., 2007.94.

Transcribed caption: “EDITORS: SUGGESTED USE WITH AL KUETTNER STORY ON THE “BLACK POWER GULF” / AJP070103-7/1/66-CANTON, MISS: The leaders of the big three civil rights groups marched arm-in-arm in Canton, Miss., but the gulf between the leaders widened sharply 6/1. Dr. Martin Luther King (L) re-stated his adherence to non-violence while CORE leader Lloyd McKissick (C) and Stokley Carmichael of SNCC (R) leaned more toward a philosophy of “black power.” UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHOTO (from files)”