Jo Freeman

Group 19 - Chapter 107 - Grenada, Mississippi

Joe Kerkvliet stands in front of Belle Flower Church in 2018

Grenada teenagers sample the white beach while the police take photos.

Photo by Jo Freeman

Some order at the snack bar while reporters take notes.

Photo by Jo Freeman

Registration clerks swear in new voters.

Photo by Jo Freeman

Injured woman lies on pew in Belle Flower Church after demonstration on August 9

Photo by Jo Freeman

"Colored" houses.

Photo by Jo Freeman

"Colored" houses.

Photo by Jo Freeman

"Colored" houses.

Photo by Jo Freeman

"Colored" houses.

Photo by Jo Freeman

Formidable woman

Photo by Jo Freeman

Hosea Williams and Big Lester walk with children to the city square on July 14, 1966.

Photo taken for the Mississippi State Sovereignty Committee

Grenada Freedom Movement rally in city square on July 14, 1966. The white face in the middle of the crowd belongs to Jo Freeman.

Photo taken for the Mississippi State Sovereignty Committee

Whites watch the rally from across the street displaying their Confederate flag.

Photo by Jo Freeman, 1966

Mississippi Highway Patrol surrounds Confederate monument.

Photo by Jo Freeman, 1966

Hosea Williams speaks.

Photo by Jo Freeman, 1966

While in the Grenada County jail Ron Gordon was put into a cell with two white men who punched and kicked him.

Ron Gordon's car with its California plates was shot at by local whites when they saw it park at Belle Flower Church with three white men inside.