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An unemployed hardware clerk from Memphis named Aubrey James Norvell was apprehended at the scene of the shooting and pleaded guilty before the case went to trial.
March Against Fear. Part of the Civil Rights Movement. Civil rights activist James Meredith lies on the ground after being shot while walking on June 6, 1966 in Mississippi. The gunman, Aubrey James Norvell, is seen in the bushes on the left. This photograph won the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Photography. Date.
HERNANDO, Miss., Nov. 21 Aubrey James Norvell, a white one-time hardware salesman from Memphis, pleaded guilty today to shooting down James H. Meredith, a Negro civil rights leader, along a...
Apr 1, 2014 · The march certainly had its headline events, not the least of which the wounding of Meredith by a Memphis man named Aubrey James Norvell, who used a shotgun to hit Meredith with a scattering of bird shot on Highway 51 outside Hernando on the afternoon of June 6th.
Jul 8, 2016 · Aubrey James Norvell, 91, passed away on July 8, 2016. He was preceded by his wife, Joyce, his mother and father, and brother, Jack. He is survived by a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Jun 4, 2016 · He gets two photos of the man, who turns out to be the sniper, Aubrey James Norvell, a 40-year-old unemployed store clerk who would plead guilty to assault and battery and serve less than two...
Mr. Meredith rejoined the march shortly before it reached Jackson and led a rally at the state capitol. In November 1966, Aubrey Norvell pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was sentenced to two years in prison.
