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Image Not Available for James Meredith returns home after being shot
James Meredith returns home after being shot
Image Not Available for James Meredith returns home after being shot

James Meredith returns home after being shot

Artist (American, 1922-2007)
CultureAmerican
Date1968, printed between 1990 and 2000
MediumGelatin silver print on fiber paper
Dimensionssheet: 19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.3 × 40.5 cm)
Classificationsphotographs
Credit LineAckland Fund
Object number2017.26.9
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Image Not Available for National Guard helicopter and Troops prepare to take James Meredith to the University of Mississippi from Millington Naval Base, Oxford, Mississippi
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1962, printed between 1990 and 2000
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1968, printed between 1990 and 2000
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1968, printed 2002
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1968, printed between 1990 and 2000
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1966, printed between 1990 and 2000
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