James Meredith, who integrated the University of Mississippi in 1962, is wounded

June 6, 1966
James Meredith, who integrated the University of Mississippi in 1962, is wounded

While carrying out his solo 220-mile March Against Fear, Meredith is shot by white racist Aubrey James Norvell. Martin Luther King, Jr. later takes up the march (now renamed the Meredith March) with the participation of thousands of African-Americans.

June

1966

Major Events

June 5, 1966
King preaches “Guidelines for a Constructive Church”

June 6, 1966
James Meredith, who integrated the University of Mississippi in 1962, is wounded

June 7, 1966
King, McKissick and Carmichael continue the “Meredith March Against Fear”

June 16, 1966
Stokely Carmichael ignites controvery by using the phrase “black power”

June 26, 1966
March Against Fear

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