Jack Thornell (left), winner of the Pulitzer Prize in news photography for 1967, receives a gift from his colleagues in the Louisiana News Photographers Association. The gift was presented by William U. Madden, President of the Press Club of New Orleans, where the Associated Press photographer was honored yesterday.

James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is a trailblazer in the Civil Rights movement. In 1962, he became the first black American student admitted to the University of Mississippi, following an intense legal battle in the federal courts. In 1966, Meredith planned a solo 220-mile March Against Fear from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi to highlight continuing racism in the South and to encourage voter registration after passage of the Voting Rights Act. On the second day, he was shot by Aubrey James Norvell, a white man, and suffered numerous wounds. Leaders of major organizations vowed to complete the march in his name after he was taken to the hospital. During his recovery, more people from across the country became involved as marchers. Meredith rejoined the march, and when he and other leaders entered Jackson on June 26, they were leading an estimated 15,000 marchers in what was the largest civil rights march in Mississippi.

Jack Thornell won the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photograph that captured the shooting incident.

On verso: artist's credit stamp, manuscript title, date stamp, newspaper stamp and newspaper caption affixed.

Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.

This object has the following keywords:

• Associated Press
• Aubrey James Norvell
• Civil Rights Movements
• Honors
• Injustice
• Jack Thornell
• James Meredith
• Louisiana News Photographers Association
• March Against Fear
• Press Club of New Orleans
• Pulitzer Prize
• Racial Discrimination
• Shootings
• William Madden

• Image Dimensions: 9 13/16 x 7 7/8 in. (24.92 x 20 cm) Measured by Martin, Jack
• Sheet Dimensions: 9 13/16 x 8 1/16 in. (24.92 x 20.48 cm) Measured by Martin, Jack