English: Civil rights activist
James Meredith (then 32) lies on the ground after having been shot thrice while walking in his
March Against Fear in
Mississippi. The gunman, Aubrey James Norvell (40), is seen in the bushes on the left. This photograph won the 1967
Pulitzer Prize for Photography.
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